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Janssen Korea President takes aims Korea's top drug maker
Choi Tae-hong, president of Janssen Korea, said he will aggressively revamp the company's human resources in order to make the company one of Korea's leading pharmaceutical companies in terms of revenue, profit and sh...
Drug makers and wholesalers disputed on direct pharmacy business.
A conflict between drug industries and wholesalers was getting worse over the direct business deals with retail pharmacies. Recently many drug companies provided an increased rate of rebates to retail pharmacies, whic...
Yongdong Severance and SNU hospital to prescribe few antibiotics and injectables.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) reported a survey covering the prescriptions for outpatients and injectable medication in 2Q of 2006 at 23,495 medical institutes across the nation that Yonsei Yongdong Severa...
May income tax revision improve long-held unfair sales practices?
A number of proprietors at small pharmacy wholeheartedly welcome the government's income tax revision laws in the hope to shed malpractices and shady deals between large pharmacies and drugs wholesalers, as the income...
Health insurance delinquents' wealth likely to be auctioned
The state-run National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) has decided to auction the properties of 307,904 households (122.9 billion won in arrear) comprising high-income earners, such as doctors and lawyers who refu...
Moksan releases Ginkomin 120 mg
Moksan Pharm. Co., an American company, said on January 19 it has launched another dosage form of Ginkomin (ginkgo biloba extract) 120 mg in addition to its 40 mg.
Moksan acquired Dong-bang pharm through the public...
Industry hardly finds OTC marketing experts.
Local drug companies are trying to activate the OTC drug business but encountered with difficulties in finding a OTC drug marketing expert.
Most of local pharmaceutical companies adopted aggressive strategies this ...
Drug wholesalers eye MR certification system
The Korean Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesaler plans to introduce a marketing representative (MR) system as part of its efforts to ensure better detailing capacity of sales personnel and nurture able medical repr...
Domestic pharmaceutical firms urged to explore overseas market with better license procedures
Korean drugmakers need to successfully explore foreign markets with their thorough strategies via better understanding of foreign countries' registration requirements, globalization of promising items, and establishme...
Wholesalers face shortage of Lamisil cream
Wholesalers has been suffering from a shortage of Lamisil cream, co-marketed by Novartis Korea and Pacific Pharm, since its inventories were wholly returned to the manufacturer due to reduction of insurance price.
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