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Korea Heart Health Street Tour Campaign takes off
Bayer HealthCare Korea announced its 30-day Korea Heart Health street tour campaign in Seoul and Kyunggi Province between November 18 to December 17 in order to draw warning on the possible risk of cardiovascular dise...
Production of 20 obsolete drugs to be re-initiated
Influenced by a new positive list system, some drug companies are expected to re-produce a total of 20 obsolete medicines, including Daewoong Pharm's Moxicle tablet and ceftazidime 1g, from December 1.
Their moveme...
Lavish drug distribution expenses to scrutinize by year end.
The government announced to investigate a lavish drug distribution expense until the end of this year mainly for the purpose of advancing the drug distribution environments.
Besides, to boost the discovery of elig...
KPIC defies new drug pricing plan
The Korea Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperative has reaffirmed their intention to oppose a new positive list system, while calling for the government to protect the benefits of small- and medium-sized drug companies.
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Pfizer Korea steps up for wide market awareness of Sutent.
Pfizer Korea started to promote a wide market awareness campaign for Sutent as an innovative multi-targeted anti-cancer drug.
In the 11th fall scientific conference of the Korea Society of Cancer at Seoul Lotte hot...
Red ginseng to go on sale at pharmacy
Ichesarang, a local health food maker, said on November 16 it signed an exclusive agreement with Korea Ginseng Corporation to distribute the former's best-selling 'Cheong-Kwan-Jang red ginseng to pharmacies in the fir...
Earnings in pharmaceutical sector seen positive
Amid depressed OTC demand and a slumping economy, sales by pharmaceutical firms have been gradually gaining momentum from this year, thanks to their aggressive marketing in flagship products.
According to Yakup Shi...
Next year NHI service price contracts aborted.
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and the NHI Payment Council have failed to reach the 2007 NHI service pricing contract by different service providers, which is supposedly proceeded according to Articl...
Graduated oriental medical school set up at BNU.
A first graduated oriental medical school seems to set up at the Busan National University (BNU), comprising of the enrollment quota of less than 50 and officially opening from Mar. 2008 after recruiting new students ...
Mutual collaboration is key to Korea's successful new drug development
There is mounting consensus in domestic pharmaceutical industry that the breakthrough for better competitiveness of Korean pharmaceutical firms in the global arena is to ensure the efficiency of R&D spending through a...
