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Listed drug makers struggling to achieve targeted sales by March.
The leading pharmaceutical companies having a fiscal year ended at March 31 are struggling hard to achieve their annual sales targets until the end of March.
The distribution sources said that the drug companies of...
Compensation for drug price slash seemed hard and difficult.
46 drug companies practically rejected to compensate the losses at pharmacies as resulted from the government's drug price slash.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) disclosed the list of 46 drug makers out...
GMP to review 172 drug companies without advanced notification.
The KFDA announced to review the GMP for 172 drug companies who were rated at an ordinary grade or lower starting from March 17, especially focusing on their facilities and quality controls.
The rating review was d...
GSK symposium on Restless Legs Syndrome for Requip.
GSK Korea took a scientific symposium on Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride), the first FDA approved new drug for the treatment of the restless legs syndrome (RLS), by inviting Korean neuro and psychiatric physicians on...
2,600 doctors and pharmacists punished in 5 years.
For 5 years after the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation system, about 2,600 medical doctors and pharmacists violated laws and therefore were punished mostly with the administrative measures in...
Dr. Chang Dong-ik won KMA presidency election.
Dr. Chang Dong-ik was elected the 34th president of KMA. The KMA election council completed to collect and count the ballot at 2:30 a.m. on March 18 and announced that candidate Chang Dong-ik, the election No. 3, took...
Dr. Um Jong-hee to re-elect AKOM president.
Amid hot election campaign President Um Jong-hee was reelected on March 19 the new president of the Association of Korea Oriental Medicine (AKOM) at AKOM office in the contest with Dr. Kim Hyeon-soo, the current vice ...
A physician penalized on charge of prescription related bribery.
A physician who received a cash on the condition of his prescriptions was penalized with probation of the 2 year servitude.
On March 17 judge Park Chi-bong of Daegu District Criminal Court 7 Single determined in th...
GSK to hire 2 doctors specialized internal medicine.
GSK has hired 2 medical doctors, Dr. Choi Won and Dr. Kwon Nam-hee, who are specialized in the internal medicine and put them at the GSK medical science department.
Dr. Choi, a medical director (Sangmoo iesa), grad...
NHI reimbursement approved MSD's Syprine
MSD Korea has obtained the NHI reimbursement approval for Syprine (trientine hydrochloride) for the treatment of Wilson's disease, a rare disease, under the tradename of "MSD trientine" effective from Feb. 1. Syprine ...
