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Government and KPMA to complete road map for boosting local pharmaceutical industry
Recently, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the Korea Health Industry Development Institute and the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association drafted, via brain storming, a road map designed to strengthen the c...
Strategic R&D associates with foreign research institutes on the rise.
Since the implementation of the product patent system, the domestic drug industry strived to secure pipeline products by means of a technology licensing but largely went failure due to too competition among rival comp...
MOHW mulls NHI drug approval. system based on positive list
MOHW said that almost all of drugs registered to KFDA were automatically listed to the NHI reimbursement book, for which, MOHW thought it to raise problems that should be trimmed in view of efficient NHI drug controls...
Health Ministry to revamp minimum actually trade price system
Recently, the Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled its 2004 health and welfare research plan to ameliorate the current management of insurance-covered drugs under the conventional minimum actually trade price syste...
CJ Neutra, Onnuri join hands on pharmacy vitamin market
CJ Neutra and Onnuri, the largest pharmacy chain firm, inked a partnership to cooperate on sales of Herb Vitamin Shop at pharmacy, an indication that a showdown would be likely inevitable with the existing herb vitami...
Roche Korea launches Pegasys, excellent treatment for hepatitis C
Roche Korea said on March 10 that it has launched its breakthrough drug Pegasys for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C with convenient one-weekly dosing.
In a launching ceremony for Pegasys on March 10, Prof. Yoo...
KFDA to reshuffle drug review standards substantially.
KFDA intends to set up more detailed plans for the quality assurance of drugs on the market and its safety controls by adopting a new system for those drugs to be reviewed in its safety and efficacy at any time withou...
GSK to donate research fund to academic society of hepatitis.
President Kim Jin-ho of GSK delivered the total 140 million won of research fund to the Korea Society of Liver (President: Dr. Seo Dong-jin) on March 9. GSK has developed a therapeutic agent for the B hepatitis viral ...
Korea's second-generation CEOs urged to create new management philosophy environments
In the domestic pharmaceutical sector where a great number of drug makers are struggling with less profitability amid protracted business slump, there are widespread voices that unlike the predecessors preoccupied wit...
Chile hopes to cooperate with Korea on biotechnology sector
Chile anticipates close cooperation with Korea on issues of mutual concerns, including biotechnology, fishery, environment, mining and nuclear physic.
Vice Minister Lim Sang-kyu, Ministry of Science and Technology,...
