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Sanofi-Aventis Korea launches sustained-release form of sodium valproateDepakine Chronosphere (sodium vaproate), a new sustained-release sachet formulation for the treatment of epilepsy, has been launched from November 1, according to Sanofi-Aventis...
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55.2% of elderly people have little knowledge on stroke
A recent survey showed that five out of every 10 elderly people aged more than 60 are little aware of stroke, despite a growing awareness of the need for good health and lifestyles sweeping Korean society.
Stroke i...
Positive list system may cause to exit long life drugs.
The new NHI reimbursement drug pricing system, called the positive list system may raise primarily for the long living and top seller drugs to exit from the markets.
Mr. Hwang Sang-yeon, an analyst of Mirae Asset S...
In-house bioequivalence testing to be acceptable, KFDA says
The government will accept drug maker's in-house bioequivalence testing only, and the acceptable number of the joint bioequivalence testing items will be limited to five, the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) ...
KPMA calling for a pilot test of positive list system first.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) suggested that a public administration guidance and a system development should be preceded to the adoption of the positive list system so that the people coul...
GSK seeks marketing approval for lapatinib ditosylate
Last month, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for approval to market Tykerb (lapatinib ditosylate) in combination with ...
No progress in pharmaceutical issue
Korea and the United States held talks on drug policy issue surrounding an envisioned bilateral free trade agreement (FTA), but the two sides failed to narrow differences on other issues, ending up only reaffirming th...
Statistics on daily prescriptions of pharmacies analyzed
The gap of daily prescriptions between pharmacies neighboring at hospitals and community pharmacies has been widening since the implementation of SDP (separation of drug dispensing from medical practice) in 2001...
22 ingredients added to DMF from Jan.-Feb. 2007
The KFDA said on Nov. 14 that 22 bulk drugs including domperidon had been appointed to report under the DMF schedule, and therefore the industry should submit the DMF (Drug master file) report for these new additi...
Government seeks to tighten protection of personal medical information
The government plans to legislate a proposed bill within this year to strengthen its effort on protection and security of personal information, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
To that end, a specif...
