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Pharmacies urged to be alert over contraindicated drugs
Pharmacies will required to confirm a list of contraindicated medicines during dispensing, as the Ministry of Health and Welfare will release a list of such drugs to individual patients, as well as medical institution...
Humira to be launched in Korea
Abbott Korea said on December 18 that it will launch HUMIRA (adalimumab), a human-derived antibody that binds to human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha), from next year, as its efficacy and safety were assessed ...
Drug company put diverse marketing activities for OTC business.
Most of local pharmaceutical companies are now trying to activate their OTC drug business in diverse ways by introducing new products and putting more public advertising campaigns in an attempt to overcome the busines...
KFDA to reinforce requirements for bio equivalency test institute.
To ensure its credibility of the bio equivalency test results and to trigger an advancement of the institute competence to an international standard, the KFDA intends to request higher levels of requirements for the i...
KPTA vows to protect domestic pharmaceutical industry
"We will have to resort to a lawsuit to fend off the government's new drug pricing policy that will shake up the domestic pharmaceutical industry, the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) said in a st...
Lawsuit planned over new drug pricing policy
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) said on December 14 it is planning to sue the government over the new drug pricing scheme during next month.
The Ministry of Health ad Welfare will introduc...
Green Cross starts building 57 billion won vaccine plant
Green Cross Corporation said on December 14 it started the construction of the nation's new vaccine factory in Hwasun, South Jeolla Province.
The company will invest 44 billion won to complete the facility in 2008,...
Unified distribution issue vexes drug wholesalers
Domestic wholesalers are now troubled by the unified distribution system as to whether it should be kept or abolished.
Some pharmaceutical firms are strongly calling for the National Reform Committee to abolish suc...
Pharmaceutical affairs law to be streamlined
The government plans to streamline the current pharmaceutical affairs law by introducing a renewal system of product license, the Ministry of Health Welfare said on December 13.
In the recent scientific congress, S...
Joint logistic ultimately aiming at GSP and Industry enlargement.
The joint drug logistic plan seems to pass through the Regulatory Reform Committee and to be substantiated during the first half of 2007, expecting by the wholesale community that the plan may accomplish their long ti...
