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Drug-related index likely to gain in second half
With a wide variety of drug-related index showing signs of improvement from the first quarter of this year drug shipment, drug retail sales, and health care services, these factors will likely feed optimism that the ...
Proprietors of pharmacy anxious as business slump drags on
A lengthy period of weak private spending, the main culprit behind last year's disappointing 3.1 percent economic growth, has eroded profits at small and midsized pharmacies due to the widespread trend of OTC's price ...
Drug identification system on capsules to take place in 2005
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on June 12 that to avoid confusion and minimize the financial burden of domestic manufacturers (or importers), the news drug identification system on pharmaceutically-identi...
CJ to launch new diagnostic for diabetic foot disorders.
CJ Pharmaceutical Div. announced that a new diagnostic product, "Neurocheck" would be launched into the market around the end of June after completionof its health registration to KFDA.
Neurocheck determines rapid...
KOMA conditionally to accept 6 year pharmacy school system.
Korea Oriental Medical Association (KOMA) keeps a firm position that the revision of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act (PAA) for the pharmacy school to permit the 6 year curricula should be conditionally acceptable for o...
Lilly Korea raises doubts over survey of erectile dysfunction products
Lilly Korea has recently raised doubts over the reliability of Pfizer Korea’s report citing the survey on the treatment of PDE-5 inhibitors in patients with erectile dysfunction, which was released by Professor Park N...
KPA set to look into two-year prescribing patterns over 300 pharmacies
In its June 8 subcommittee meeting, the Korea Pharmaceutical Association plans to analyze the prescribing patterns of doctors between 2002 and 2003 as part of efforts to effectively implement the effective SDP (separa...
Health Ministry pushes ahead with 6-year pharmacy college education system
While the proposed 6-year pharmacy college education plan has hit snag due to the vehement opposition of the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine (KOMA) during the recent three-way meeting between government, the K...
KPMA and FKI seminar on pharmaceutical industrial development.
Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) and Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) jointly will hold a seminar under the title of "How to develope Korean pharmaceutical industry in the 21th century" at Or...
Yamouchi Korea grew 25% of sales and 59% of net income.
Yamanouchi Korea reported the FY2003 business performance (11th fiscal year) recording 27,022 million won of sales, about 25.07% up from the previous year, 7,943 million won of operation income, 58.44% up, 7,985 milli...
