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Pfizer Korea rolls out new 'awareness' campaign
Pfizer Korea has launched a new campaign User Created Content (UCC) to promote awareness of Lipitor, the anti-cholesterol drug, to doctors.
The campaign is also interesting because doctors can, via questionnaire, s...
Foreigners gearing up for bigger bite of Korean pharmaceutical market
Multinational drug makers are focusing on Korea's pharmaceutical market for osteoporosis, hepatitis B and diabetes, expecting its surging demand as the country ages. Competition is about to heat up in the domestic med...
Stem cell technology higher but not for new drug development.
The level of embryo stem cell technology in Korea showed very high but not for the new drug development, indicating that in one way or others a certain supporting policy should be measured as early as possible.
The...
Transfer admission to pharmacy college on the rising competition.
A competition for the transfer admission to the pharmacy college showed ever unchangeable trends this year too. As of Jan. 8 the application rates for the transfer admission of the first semester of 2007 to 8 ph...
Janssen Korea names Noh Tae-ho as executive managing director
Noh Tae-ho, managing director of Janssen Korea's medical division, has been promoted to executive managing director.
Noh graduated from Seoul National University in 1974 with a bachelor's degree in pharmacology. Be...
GSK wins citation from Cultural Ministry of Culture & TourismGlaxoSmithKline (GSK) received a citation from Ministry of Culture & Tourism for its contribution to promoting medical students' reading habit for educational books.
GSK has...
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KFDA to legislate new health food rules
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on January 3 that it will legislate a bill to revise the standard and specification of functional health foods to ensure its safety and functionality for the people's health...
Doctors avoids joint facility tax
The government abandoned its plan to levy a joint facility tax on the acquisition of real estate by a medical institution, as the National Assembly rejected such taxation bill at the end of last year.
Last October,...
Handok declares company vision for 10 years to come.
Handok took a declaration ceremony of the company vision for 10 years to come at Jeju island on Jan. 3 , by committing the company rank to come in the big 3 by 2016 in attendance of 600 employees including Chairman Ki...
Quit smoking of adult men shows ever declining trend.
The MOHW surveyed the smoking rates of adult men of Korea in Dec. 2006 and found 44.1% of still smoking, which was 8.2% points lower than the previous year of 52.3%.
The smoking rates by year revealed 44.1% in 20...
