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Smaller hospitals are still prescribing phenylpropanolamine
84 hospitals and clinics nationwide have still prescribed phenylpropanolamine (PPA), an ingredient that may cause hemorrhagic strokes, to their patients for common conditions such as cold, coughs and sore throats.
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Patients get access to Atacand 32mgAstraZeneca Korea said it has marketed Atacand (candesartan cilexetil) 32mg in addition to 4, 8, and 16 mg for an easier administration in patients with hypertension.
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Parliamentary government inspection opening on Oct. 11.
The parliamentary inspection of the government administration will open from Oct. 11 for 20 days until Oct. 30. The inspection to the health authorities was scheduled for the MOHW on Oct. 11, the KFDA on Oct. 12, the ...
78% hyperlipidemic patients suffering from hypertension, diabetes
78% of patients with hyperlipidemia have a cardiovascular disease, and only 38% of patients have an optimal low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, according to the Korean Society of Lipidology and Atherosclerosis ...
Korea tightens rules on experimental cell therapy
The government is moving to make it more difficult to conduct clinical tests with stem cell therapy in emergency as problems arise from the fast-track processing of requests to conduct experimental cell therapy.
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Clinicians get new protocol for anti-obesity drug
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) unveiled a new set of protocols for anti-obesity drug based on some guidelines of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Europe's EMEA, which will be of much help to dr...
Kukje aggressively to enter obese therapeutic markets.
Kukje (President: Na Jong-hoon) took a launching ceremony for a new anti-obesity drug at Human Development Board of Korea Oil Pipeline Corporation on Sept. 12, indicating that 4 new drugs for the treatment of obesity ...
Hanmi Pharm buys 1% stake in Dong-A Pharm
Rumors are spreading that Hanmi Pharm did buy up a 1-percent stake in Dong-A Pharm at the end of last year to support Dong-A's chairman Kang Shin-ho.
Hanmi denied such allegations flatly, saying its buying is close...
Drug industry putting off small packaged drug production.
The obligation of small packaged drug production seems not to be complied by the drug industry as originally scheduled to implement from Oct. 7.
The pharmaceutical industry raised its postponement claiming that the...
Prescriptions of potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly are soaring
Doctors are still prescribing potentially inappropriate medications for the elderly populations, according to a lawmaker.
Citing a report by the Health Insurance Review Agency, Rep. Ahn Myung-ok said elderly...
