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Civil group calls for withdrawal of FTA trade-off deal
Leaders from a coalition of civic groups, Korean Civil Society Coalition on Intellectual Property Right (KCSC) and Korean Federation of Medical Groups for Health Rights (KFHR), hold a news conference on January 17 at ...
Large drugmakers to be active in R&D
Domestic big pharmaceutical firms are expected to focus on their research and development (R&D) sector this year in an attempt to cope with a new harsh environments involving the FTA and the government's new drug pric...
Stock prices jointly hiked due to Hanmi's purchase of Dong-A stocks by 6.27%.
The recent public news about 6.27% of Dong-A stock owned by Hanmi enticed a joint stock price hike of both companies.
The security business community speculated that more than 6% of Dong-A stock purchased by Hanmi...
Pharmacy management relying on prescription business by 70%.
The OTC business activation became a top hot issue in the pharmacy circles. The prescription centered pharmacy business so far has created a bi-polar phenomenon, an extremity in the rich and the poor, raising a shrink...
Government eyes health investment strategy
As part of the nation's ambitious health investment strategy'' aimed at promoting public health, the government plans to provide comprehensive healthcare coverage for the people, according to the Ministry of Health an...
Pharmaceutical camp to create new committee
Eight heads of pharmaceutical organizations Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (KSA), Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA), Korean Society of Health-...
Exforge gets U.S. approval, Novartis says
Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG said its Exforge antihypertensive medication has recently received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Exforge combines valsartan and amlodipine besylate in one pi...
32% of doctors prescribe less antibiotics in common cold
32.6 percent of Korean doctors have prescribed less antibiotics to their patients for common conditions such as cold, coughs and sore throats, according to the government official.
In a recent survey of 503 doctors...
New year projects of franchise companies and chain drug stores.
The 2007 will be a turning year for the franchise pharmacy companies and chain drug stores to seek a new leap.
The leading franchise pharmacy, Ohnuri and Withpharm and the first running drug store, W-store, project...
Annual medical costs statement to be available in internet
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said on January 16 that a total of 77,904 medical institutions nationwide may have their access to its website for inquiry of taxation settlement, where they will have ...
