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Korea's finished drug production amounted to 7.7 trillion won in 2002
According to data compiled by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association,the nation's production volume for finished pharmaceuticals in 2002 topped 7.7 trillion won from 14,658 drugs and of these, 7.928 drugs ...
Customers still ignorant of prescription-free OTC selling at pharmacy
The prevailing customers' perception that the purchase of over-the-counter drugs should be available with doctor's prescription has been an impeding factor for the activation of OTC sales, the Green Consumer Network s...
KFDA approves Hepsera for treatment of chronic hepatitis B
GSK Korea said on February 19 that Hepsera (adefovir dipivoxil), an oral nucleotide analogue for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B, was approved by the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
The discovery of adefo...
Bundang Cha hospital's Kiosk prescriptions in controversy.
Budang Cha hospital recently set up 5 Kiosks and started issuing the prescriptions for outpatients from Feb. 19 in close association with 4C Gate who designed the Kiosk like electronic prescription machine.
The hos...
KPA suggested to KMA for medical cost saving
In a bid to cope with the recent movement of the Korea Medical Association (KMA) in protesting the current separation system for the medical and pharmacy profession, the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) put an a...
Doctor's call for health and medical system reformOn February 22, about 35,000 members of the Korea Medical Association staged a protest rally in Yoido, Seoul to urge the government to reform the nation's health and medical sys...
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Incompetent marketing capability blamed for debacle of many Korean startups
Higher bankruptcy rates looming the local bioventure industry stem from the low technology ratings from the related business community and lack of marketing capability that erupted the insolvency of promising startups...
GSK Korea President picked leadership award
Kim Jin-ho, president of GlaxoSmithKline Korea, received the LeadershipAward on February 17, during which GSK's top 1,000 managers attended.
The award was handed to Kim during the 2004LeadershipConference hosted by...
Direct sponsorship for doctors by drug companies now deemed it illegal.
In an effort to keep fair distribution orders in the market the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) plans to intensify so called "Self-clean up campaign" for the pharmaceutical industry via more acti...
Pet animal drugs available in pharmacies.The Korea Pharmacist Community Association (KPCA) announced that from the end of Feb. this year all pet animal drugs would be supplied to any pharmacy under the business associa...
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