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Whanin to sign exclusive distribution agreement for Nalmefene in Korea.Whanin made an exclusive distribution agreement with Biotti Terapis, a biotech company in Finland, on Oct. 26 for the marketing of Nalmefene hydrochloride, an oral anti-alcoholi...
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Yearly 37 billion won of drug scrapped on overdue shelf lives
Yearly about 37 billion won worth of drugs are scrapped because of the overdue shelf lives, which did not include the disposal expenses at about 16 million won per product.
The Deregulation Reform Council col...
Health ministry seeks revision of some pharmaceutical affairs law
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will revise the current pharmaceutical affairs law in a bid to promote more efficient drug-related administration after consultation with related organizations until November...
Bill planned to ensure safety of patients in prescription
A group of 11 governing and opposition party lawmakers have submitted a bill to the National Assembly aimed at urging doctors to verify the contents of a prescription in question raised by a dispensing pharmacist in o...
Prospects dim for 100-bottle drink supply plan
Some drug wholesalers' push in Seoul for supplying a number of popular tonics and digestives in a box holding 100 bottles to retail pharmacies from next month will likely hit a snag as there is no general consensus ov...
Stiefel's Sebiprox emerging as a top seller in pharmacy markets.
Sebiprox (ciclopirox olamine) supplied by Stiefel Korea has been emerged as a top seller in the pharmacy markets as recommended by skin doctors for a good relief of dandruff and dermatitis seborrhoica.
KMDI statist...
Multinational pharmaceutical firms grab bigger market share
Shares of foreign firms operating in Korea have bulked up over the years, accounting for 72.7 percent of the local reimbursement claims with 1,227 drugs, a lawmaker said citing government statistics.
In a recent p...
Number of drugs per prescriptions on the rise every year.
Number of drugs per prescription showed ever rising trend since 2004, indicating that one way or others such practice should be controlled.
Rep. Yoon Ho-joong of the ruling Uri party said that the HIRA data reveal...
Drug code to be integrated for drug safety controls.
All drug safety informations including the adulterated drugs will be provided on an actual time basis through a drug bar code and a pharmacy administration program from 2008 in order to block illegal and adulterated d...
Women thriving in level playing field
As an increasing number of domestic pharmaceutical companies offer a level playing field to job applicants, the ratio of female workers is expected to increase in the years to come, according to pharmaceutical busines...
