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Dong-A's DA-8159 wins KIPO's patent award
Dong-A Pharm said its novel pyrazolopyrimidine derivative (DA-8159), an impotence medication, recently won Chi Seok-yong Award in the third quarter of this year from the Korean Intellectual Property Office.
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Domestic patient treatments at foreigner's hospitals conditionally to approve.
In the economic free zone the government will allow foreign hospitals to treat Korean patients when a public medical system set up and the related provision for the economic free zone be revised.
The MOHW recon...
Drug wholesalers to mull supreme court appeal against SNU hospital.
The action of nullity filed by the drug wholesale community against Seoul National University (SNU) hospital for its tender representing act was rejected by the court. However, the drug wholesale community made a loud...
Medical circle worries over presence of foreign hospitals in economic free zone
The Korea Doctors Association said in its statement that as the government's permission of Korean doctors' medical practice at foreign hospitals in the economic free zone of Inchon would result in the diagnosis of the...
Nullification trial over EZmedicom's electronic bidding fee of 0.9% dismissed by court
On October 16, the Seoul District Court turned down a lawsuit to nullify the agreement between Seoul National University Hospital and Ezmedicom executed on December 24, 2001, which was lodged by domestic wholesalers o...
KPMA stresses fair trade code in scientific seminars
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association has recently urged pharmaceutical companies to strictly abide by a fair trade code in supporting a variety of scientific seminars at home and abroad.
Citing that p...
38.3% of breast cancer patients are age 40s women.
The Breast Cancer Registration Project Committee of the Korea Society of Breast Cancer (Chief commissioner: Dr. Lee Hee-dae of Yonsei Univ. Youngdong Severance Hospital) reported on Oct. 16 that 38.3% out of the total...
Sales and product development staffs in difficult situations
Because of a protracted business slow in the pharmaceutical industry the job positions of high executive members and staffs responsible for the company sales and new product development were getting squeezed.
Most ...
Crestor to start first multinational trials "DISCOVERY" in Korea
Pharmaceutical business sources say that local DISCOVERY trials for AstraZeneca's lead product Crestor for the treatment of hyperlipidemia are now underway with the initiative of a Korean chief investigator, with an a...
MSD Korea launches V65 campaign for Vioxx in Korea
MSD Korea said it has initiated a V65 campaign towards local doctors and patients from last September as part of its efforts to promote is lead product Vioxx for the treatment of arthritis, adding that its earlier "Vo...
