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Asia's depression symposium happened in Seoul
Over 100 representatives from doctors, health economists and policymakers in Asia gathered at Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on October 25 to study the measures of coping with adverse factors associated with de...
Korean drug wholesalers met with Japanese Wholesale Association.
11 top executives of the Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association (KPWA) (President: Joo Man-gil) took a visit to the Japanese Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association(JPWA) on Oct. 23 and discussed a mutual cooperation...
KFDA detected massive illegal cosmetic advertising.
The KFDA found massive illegal claims for 233 products from 118 companies through advertising media such as home-shopping channels, cable TVs and news papers during the summer holiday period, misleading consumers with...
Otsuka Korea to launch novel antipsychotic agent "Abilify" in early next year
Otsuka Korea said it is planning to launch Abilify (aripiprazole), a new antipsychotic agent called a dopamine system stabilizer (DSS) that has a unique mechanism of action, in Korea during the early next years after ...
Med Ad News selects AstraZeneca as "Company of the Year"
AstraZeneca Korea, Korean unit of a multinational pharmaceutical firm, announced that Med Ad News, one of the pharmaceutical industry's leading business and marketing publications, selected AstraZeneca as the "2003 Ph...
KFDA names Lee Seok-ho as head of National Toxicity Research Institute
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on October 24 that it appointed Lee Seok-ho, manager of Biological Drugs Evaluation Department of the KFDA, as the next head of National Toxicity Research Institute through ...
Quality doubtful drugs are commonly found in the market
The Kyeongin regional KFDA conducted a survey for the drug quality against about 400 pharmacies in Inchon and Kyeonggi provincial area and found that 276 drugs from 100 manufacturers were substandard in tablet hardnes...
OTC drug markets being saturated and high competitive
Many local pharmaceutical companies are pushing their OTC drugs into the retail pharmacy markets in quantity or in pricing policies, resulting in a serious market saturation and a whopping price competition. Recently ...
Gradual expansion of DRG coverage eyed
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced recently that it would expand the coverage of drug related group (DRG) system in the medical institutions by increasing the number of target diseases, while reaffirming tha...
Korea's total population showing 14 hospital visits on average last year
The annual report in 2002, which was released by the National Health Insurance Corporation, showed that of 46.5 million people eligible for medical health insurance coverage, 40.6 million people (88 percent, excluding...
