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Allergy Association to hold 1st Expo event in Seoul.
For the first time in Korea the Korea Association of Allergy and Asthma (President: Dr. Kim You-young, SNU Medical College Internal Medicine) plans to hold a large scale of the health related exhibition event under th...
Top 100 companies made 86% of total pharmaceutical production in 2003.
The 2003 pharmaceutical production report revealed 9,532,400 million won in total, which shared with 86.5% by the top 100 companies at 8,245,000 million won, 65.5% by the top 50 at 6,242,200 million won, 51.9% by the ...
New health minister will likely solidify Roh's second rule
Political analysts said that despite failure to obtain the position he wanted, third-term legislator Kim Keum-tae's acceptance on the leadership role at the Ministry of Health and Welfare will help President Roh Moo-h...
Organon Korea, Janssen Korea co-promote oral antidepressant Remeron SolTab
Organon Korea said that it has contracted with Janssen Korea to co-promote in Korea Remeron SolTab (mirtazapine), an orally disintegrating tablet that has been approved for the treatment of depression. It was develope...
Presidential office to embark on anti-corruption campaigns
With the latest lineup including powerful politicians, Chong Wa dae, presidential office, held the second Anti-Corruption Committee meeting on June 29 to root out corruption prevailing in the overall private sectors a...
Aventis to launch Ketec, an antibiotic in July.
Aventis will launch Ketec (Telythromycin), an oral antibiotic, in the market from July 1 for the first time over the world, which was specifically developed for the treatment of regional acquired respiratory tract inf...
KPWA suggested to hold GSP review.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association (KPWA) presented a recommendation letter to the KFDA on June 29 that the GSP review should be kept holding until the provision for the facility space requirements being d...
MOHW to form Conference for health related groups.
The MOHW announced the new regulation on June 29 pertaining to the new establishment of a Conference under the MOHW for the medical, pharmaceutical, herbal medicine and drug communities to advise better resolutions f...
KMA calls for pharmacist's illegal medical activities to cut off.
In connection with the 6 year pharmacy school issue, the KMA officially recommended the MOHW to set up a legal measure of eliminating illegal pharmacist's medical activities.
In the official recommendation letter...
Social burden of COPD in Korea analyzed
The incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Korea has climbed rapidly for the past four years (1999-2002) and this will likely exert a large social, medical and economic burden in the years to com...
