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KFDA's guidelines on clinical test review in 5 therapeutic groups.
The clinical test review guideline in 5 therapeutic groups including anti-hypertension drugs seems to be prepared this year, which may help in great deal for the local clinical research level and the new drug developm...
Janssen's full clinical studies to put on new schizophrenia drug.
Janssen Korea put a full clinical study for the new generation of schizophrenia drug, Paliperidone, especially focusing on 5 of phase III studies at 20 test centers and 1 of phase I study, the total 6 studies in Korea...
Daewoong to enter major vaccine business from Feb.
Daewoong announced to engage in the vaccine business as a company major project by launching a PDT vaccine in a pre-filled syringe type, in coming February after establishing a specialized product line with the syring...
59 drug companies including foreigners were prosecuted.
59 drug companies including the foreign multinational drug corporations were prosecuted on charge of breaching the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act including drug quality problems.
The Seoul Regional KFDA supervised the ...
222 new products newly listed to NHI scheme.
222 drugs will be listed to the NHI reimbursement schedule while 198 drugs (107 drugs of reimbursement and 91 of non reimbursement) deleted starting from Feb. 1 according to the MOHW ordinance of "NHI reimbursement an...
KPWA has 420 regular members and 684 non members.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association (KPWA) reported 721 of regular (420) and semi regular (228) members and 868 non-members, the total 1,589 wholesalers in Korea as of Dec. 31, 2005.
Of 721 members, 42...
A new type of drug logistic cooperation to visualize.
A new type of drug logistic cooperation seems to be in shape soon.
According to an information released by the pharmaceutical wholesalers and its related business circles on Jan. 20, a legislation bill for the esta...
Viromed to patent gene linked with cardiovascular diseases.
Viromed, a bio venture company specialized in gene therapy, announced on Jan. 20 that a patent of the therapeutic gene linked with the cardiovascular diseases was successfully registered in Singapore.
The company s...
New young generation called "B generations" rush in.
Amid Dr. Hwang Woo-suk's scandal related with stem cell research fraud, another bio pharmaceutical fad seems to shed heats in the domestic markets by the occasions of launching many bio drugs.
Such a bio fad may pr...
Sales of foreign multinational drug corporations on remarkable growth.
The rank of foreign drug corporations in terms of the 2005 sales volume seems to be changed and it is clear that a company selling over the level of 300 billion won may appear for the first since their business entrie...
