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GSK holds Avodart launching symposium
GlaxoSmithKline said on September 17 it held a launching symposium for Avodart (dutasteride), an oral medicine for treating symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in men.
Dr. Rosette said during the symposi...
Sustained type of combined drugs require bio-equivalent test.
The KFDA and KPMA took an explanatory meeting for the bio-equivalent test at the KPMA auditorium, the 4th floor of KPMA office building at 3 p.m. on Sept. 20 over the subject on the revised bill draft of "Standards fo...
77% of AIDS patients died in 5 years after detection.
It was found that about 77% of the AIDS patients died in 5 years after its diagnosis according to a statistics presented by Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention ( KCDC) to the National Assembly.
The stat...
2004 Osteoporosis Awareness & Diagnosis Campaign receives best marketing award
Handok-Aventis Pharma in Korea said that its 2004 Osteoporosis Awareness & Diagnosis Campaign in May has won the best marketing award for Actonel (risedronate sodium), a prescription medication to treat and prevent po...
IFPW's 15th General Membership Meeting convenes in China
The International Federation of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (IFPW), the global umbrella for pharmaceutical wholesalers worldwide, representing 70% by value of the world market, said it held IFPW's 15th General Membersh...
Concerns rising over protracted business slump
Fears are mounting that a number of domestic drug wholesalers might be on the verge of bankruptcies in the overall sales slump amid the sluggish domestic economy.
Such concerns come at a time when banks are tighten...
National Assembly to inspect health related issues.
Amid ongoing pro and con talks over the medical and pharmacy role separation program (hereinafter called separation program) review being debated between the ruling and opposition parties, the 4 key health related iss...
KHA calls for government deregulation on key issues.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) submitted a proposal titled "A recommendation to strengthen the hospital competitiveness and to upgrade the medical service quality in the 21th century" to the MOHW and the Nationa...
Dongbang FTL wins for guggulsterol process patent
Dongbang FTL said it has recently obtained a process patent for guggulsterol, which has been implicated for the treatment of disorders such as gastrointestinal disturbances, pancreatitis, gastric and pancreatic carcin...
Korea's pharmaceutical imports exceeded 60.48% in first half
Korea's imports of pharmaceuticals, etc. in the first half of this year surged 60.48 percent to US$2.39 billion, which more than doubled a year earlier, according to data released by the Korea Pharmaceutical T...
