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Eloxatine adjuvant therapy for advanced colorectal cancer.
The KFDA approved Sanofi-Aventis' Eloxatin, a colorectal cancer treatment, on June 15 for an adjuvant treatment in combination with the standard therapy after the surgical operation of advanced colorectal patient, whi...
Adoption of drug economy appraisal too early.
The pharmaceutical industry group made it clear that the adoption of the appraisal system for the drug economy should be proceeded and implemented after a required preparatory period for full consensus of the relevant...
Clinical data to cross recognize between Korea and Japan.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers associations of Korea and Japan have acknowledged that the mutual recognition of clinical study data would make an important process for commercializing a new drug.
The Korean and ...
Medical technology to upgrade with gradual NHI payment increase.
Mr. Park Min-soo, Seoul city health and welfare department head said under his special lecture titled "the health policy of Seoul City" in the 10th directorate meeting at the grand conference room of the Korea Hospita...
More quasi-drugs to threaten pharmacy health functional food business.
The retail pharmacy community opposed to the government expansion policy of quasi-drugs in fear of adverse impact on the health functional food business in the pharmacy markets.
The government expansion plans for q...
KHIDI and KPMA jointly holding a forum for clinical studies.
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) and the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) announced jointly to hold the 57th Health Industry Development Forum under the main topic of "Comme...
Big deals among wholesaler's sales staffs.
A rumor is floating in the market that a big deal may happen to most of drug wholesaler's sales staffs, implying that the wholesaler's salesmen personally rather than the wholesaler company might move out to other reg...
Korea and Switzerland on successful biomedical symposium.
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) and Novartis AG, a swiss pharmaceutical company, jointly took the 2nd Korea and Switzerland Biomedical Symposium at Shilla hotel from June 15 to 16.
Mainly fo...
Pharmacy community to appeal returned stock problems.
Most of retail pharmacies are suffering in the pharmacy management from the changed sales policies of many drug makers including the returned stocks, turning to reduce pharmacy accounts in number, to make selective de...
Schering's website for Diane35 to open.
Schering Korea opened a website www.diane35.co.kr for Diane, a contraceptive drug containing a friendly information about the contraception and the contraceptive pill, describing more soft touch for young women.
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