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Pharmacists fret over excessive prescription of psychotropics in common cold
As excessive use of psychotropic drugs in the treatment of light disease, such as common cold, has been favored by some doctors since the implementation of SDP function in 2000, proprietors of pharmacy have called for...
Samchundang Pharm to induce nifedipine sustained-release formulation technology
Samchundang Pharm said on April 6 that it will induce nifedipine sustained-release formulation technology under a contract with the Korea Research Institute of Chemical and Technology.
Under the contract, Samchunda...
Description system for individual drugs faced confusion
The description system for individual unit of drugs will take a stepwise implementation from Jan. 1, next year but encountered with quite a confusion mainly due to disobedience of data submission by some drug makers a...
Drug sales per capita at 223,900 thousand won.
The pharmaceutical sales per capita in 2003 unveiled 223,900 thousand won and Green Cross Sang-A recorded the top rank at 427,700 thousand won in the pharmaceutical industry.
The rate of per capita sales growth was...
Health ministry vows to revamp drug-related administration
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says it is contemplating a series of new measures designed to ameliorate pharmaceutical-related regulations. To that end, the ministry plans to revise relevant provisions stipulated ...
Government urged to recruit more BT experts
In situation where Korea has a scanty human resource eligible for assessing the safety and efficacy of new biological products, there is an urgent need to augment the number of eligible experts in the domestic biotech...
Aspartame granular, biggest export drug in 2003
Aspartame granular was the biggest export item in 2003, a private-run trade agency said recently.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Traders Association said that aspartame granular accounted for $19 million, while Gelatine ...
72% of pharmacists never substitute drugs on prescriptions for others
72% of the pharmacists in the field have never substitute drugs on physician's prescription for other generics, indicating that the relevant provisions including the post reporting obligation for substituted dispensin...
Listed drug companies recorded worst management in 2003.
A protracted business recession had deteriorated overall business management in the pharmaceutical industries, requiring in one way or the other the pharmaceutical business activating measures.
In addition, excessi...
Mixed fortunes for foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms in Korea
For the immediate future, foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms expect positive growth in Korea's overall pharmaceutical markers, thanks to substantial accumulation of retained earnings for the past years, but...
