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KFDA to draft revised pharmaceutical manufacturing standards.
The KFDA disclosed a revised draft of the pharmaceutical manufacturing standards on Aug. 23, which included a new establishment of athlete foot, ring worm (trichophytia) and hair removal preparations among the anti-fu...
Pfizer to celebrate 5 year anniversary for Viagra.
Pfizer Korea plans for their whole company-wide events to celebrate the 5 year anniversary over the successful market introduction of Viagra in Korea.
Pfizer Korea will have the feast with a huge cake in shape of V...
Daewoong Pharm wins Korea patent for human TPO
Daewoong Pharm said on August 23 that it acquired a patent for human thrombopoeitin (TPO) in Korea, which relates to a process of manufacturing novel TPO derivatives (codename: DWP-40458) containing sialic acid in a h...
Dongwha wins USA patent for its antibiotic of multidrug-resistant bacteria
Dongwha Pharm said that it recently won from the United States a patent relating to photoactive 7-pyrrolidine quinoline carboxyl acid derivative and its manufacturing method for the treatment of methicillin-resistant ...
First-half pharmaceutical sales driven by leading products
Despite protracted business slump, the domestic major pharmaceutical firms saw more than 10 percent growth in the first six-month sales revenue, fueled by brisk sales of their flagship products.
Market experts said...
60% of drugs no produced but registered only.
More than 60% of registered drugs have not been produced, raising many problems including distribution disorders, a loss of company credibility and formula problems, for which the government should take an appropriate...
Unreasonable pricing system most troublesome to industry.
Mr. Hong Seong-cheon of Sam-A pharmaceutical company recently reported a survey against 37 pharmaceutical company staffs responsible for the NHI pricing jobs from 37 different companies (27 from domestic companies and...
Crestor showing better pharmacoeconomic characteristics
Crestor (rosuvastatin) is the best choice for cholesterol-lowering regimen based on the comparison of the effectiveness and cost in use among three statins (simvastatin, atorvastatin, and rosuvastatin), a local report...
Boryung intensifies on-line promotion efforts for Gelfos M
Boryung Pharm said on August 23 that it has launched its Gelfos-M mini-homepage in Internet CyWorld as part of effort to attract young customers in their 20s and 30s.
The three-part Gelfos-M mini-homepage designed ...
Drug-related license administration to be streamlined
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has announced that a serious of measures have been adopted to streamline procedures for drug-related license administration and thus ensure transparency in screening drug-related...
