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Herbal arthritis drug, Joins, successful in the market.
A herbal new drug, Joins tablet, was developed and marketed by SK Pharm. Co. for the treatment of arthritis about 2 years ago, now, its sale being so successfully achieved at the level of over 10 billion won within 2 ...
Prime Minister asking for revolutional reforms on food and drug safety.
Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan demanded during the government policy coordination meeting for the current government issues on Sept. 15 that the new administration plan for the food and drug safety and distribution syste...
Bayer and GSK to hold Asia-Pacific Levitra symposium in Seoul
The third Asia-Pacific Levitra symposium, where a number of proficient urology specialists at home and abroad will attend, is scheduled to be held on September 18 in Seoul by Bayer Korea and GSK, producer of Levitra, ...
Geo Young to set up large logistics center in Osan
Geo Young Corporation, the homegrown drug distributor in Korea, will establish a large-scale drug distribution center with more advanced IT network in Osan next year, company officials said recently.
The formation ...
FTC probes Zuellig Korea's unfair transaction provisions in contract
The nation's anti-trust body said on September 13 it is proceeding with a probe into a distribution agreement of Zuellig Korea.
The investigation was launched as domestic drug wholesalers reported a complaint conce...
Critics calls for repeal of government's free economic zone policy
A health-related progressive group on September 10 called on the government to abolish the revision of free economic zone law in a move to better protect the Korean people's quality of life, saying it will seek an ous...
Safe container requirements extended to solid oral drugs.
The current provision requires a safe container for the liquid drug, which seems to be extended to the oral solid drugs under a certain probation period as the industry needs a heavy investment for the supply of conta...
Extended survival in patients with relapsed myeloma confirmed in Phase III trial results of Velcade
In the final survival endpoint analysis in the Phase III confirmatory APEX study comparing patients receiving Velcade (bortezomib) injection to those receiving high-dose dexamethasone, Velcade produced a statistically...
Circulation society to launch Korea Heart Protection Project campaign.
The Korea Society of Circulation (chairman: Park Ui-hyeon) will launches a campaign for the protection of hearts under the title of "Korea Heart Protection Project" from Oct. 3 to 9 in order to draw warnings on the ri...
8 in 10 patients taking pain killers without knowing GI side effects.
3/4 of Korean and 2/3 of Chinese patients are taking pain killers for the treatment of chronic pains without knowing about possible gastro-intestinal (GI) side effects.
34% and 39% of those Korean and Chinese resp...
