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Medipost designated to develop treatments for major diseases
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it designated Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul Asan Medical Center and Medipost, a local leader in umbilical cord blood use and hematopoietic stem cell research, as inn...
Negotiation on NHI reimbursement for service prices at 2.05% increase failed again.
The NHI service price negotiation for 2007 has failed to reach an agreement between the medical and pharmaceutical groups and the NHI agency due to distant positions each other.
NHI Policy Review Council (Head: dep...
Lawmaker vows to block KFDA's shut-down bill
Rep. Moon-hee reaffirmed her determination to block a bill to disband the Korea Food and Drug Administration and create a new food agency, as the National Assembly's Government Administration and Home Affairs subcommi...
Courts accepted 14 lawsuits on bio equivalency test manipulation.
Many pharmaceutical companies had filed lawsuits by appealing the KFDA's unacceptable measures connected with the bio equivalency test manipulation scandals but the court rejected the cases related with the prod...
Bayer Korea will turns to street campaigns for Levitra
Bayer Korea said on November 28 it will strengthen marketing efforts to increase the number of Levitra consumers in December, this time through street campaigns rather than 'thumb campaigns and symposia'.
When it ...
Daewoong unveils new liquefied-form analgesicDaewoong Pharm rolled out a new liquefied-form analgesic EGN6 containing dexibuprofen, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAID), analgesic, and antipyretic (fever reducing) dru...
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KPMA to oppose extended patent terms.
In the 5th Korea and U. S. FTA meeting on Dec. 4 the KPMA made it clear not to accept the U. S. request for the extended patent terms and its scope.
The KPMA claimed that the Korean regulatory should notify it to ...
Lawmakers to block passage of KFDA disbandment
The governing and opposition parties and the government are likely to go head-to-head over the controversial disbandment of the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) at the National Assembly this week.
The gove...
Can Lilly Korea sever ties with Daewoong?
Lilly Korea said on November 27 its U.S. multinational pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly is still considering maintaining its strategic ties with Daewoong Pharm over the co-marketing issue of Cialis as there is a rumor...
KFDA: other easy ways to prove bio equivalency for drugs.
How to verify the drug equivalency for other products than the tablets and capsules?
The answer is very simple. The liquid forms need only physicochemical equivalency test and the digestive enzyme products require ...
