News About: Pharm. Affairs
Explosive increase of antibiotic resistance in local clinics, 80% up only in 8 years
The explosive increase of resistance to antibodies in clinics and long-term care hospitals has reportedly threaten the national health.
According to the data The Minjoo Party Rep. Jae-Sae Oh received from the Korea C...
“The delay on the Tagrisso drug price negotiation is no special treatment”
While the drug price negotiation for ‘Tagrisso,’ a non-small cell lung cancer treatment, has made various issues, the National Health Insurance Service(NHIS) clarified them.
In a statement of clarifying them on the 2...
Drug price cuts on large medicines including Lipitor on 1st next month
Large medicines, like Lipitor, Lyrica and Tamiflu, are going to have a drug price cut from 1 November. In the situation, the industry is paying attention to how parties interested will handle with balancing difference...
NHIS criticized for ‘Delay on Tagrisso Drug Price Negotiation’ at National Assembly inspection
The delay on the Tagrisso’s drug price negotiation was criticized at the National Assembly inspection.
The Minjoo Party Rep. In-Soon Nam pointed out the problem to Sang-Cheol Sung, President of the National Health In...
This year’s increase of pharmacies by 343 in Korea, Gyeonggi had largest increase of 100
This year, the number of pharmacies across the national has been increased by 343.
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service(HIRA) announced the number of pharmacies in 17 cities and provinces of Korea was inc...
Large Xerelto and Atozet alert pharmacies with running out of stock
Medicines which were successively ran out of stock, such as Xarelto and Atozet, have alerted pharmacies and pharmaceutical distribution companies on product supply.
The Bayer Korea’s Xarelto supply is expected to be ...
Seriousness of illegally selling medicines at regular stores
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association(President Chan-Hwi Cho, KPA) announced on the 16th that it has gotten serious for ordinary stores, not stores approved to sell emergency household medicines, to illegally sell OTC...
‘Entresto,’ congestive heart failure treatment changing paradigm
‘Heart’ is a key organ of human body and the most important organ for life conservation. Congestive heart failure, caused by weakened heart muscle, has shown a mortality rate and hospitality rate as higher as cardiac ...
Korean stem cell market to annually grow 26% by 2025
An increase of investments into the medical tourism and medical fields, caused by economic development and income improvement in Asian developing countries, was expected to accelerate a growth of the Asian stem cell m...
Drug industry’s great war over ‘Tamiflu’ generics with start of flu season
Ahead of a regular flu season, the drug industry has had a ‘great war’ over ‘Tamiflu’ generic medicines.
After the Roche’s influenza treatment Tamiflu’s patent was expired on the last 22nd of August, about 30 Korean ...
