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Pharmaceutical trade balance swings positive
Korea's pharmaceutical trade imbalance has been markedly improved for three straight months this year, as the on-year growth rate of pharmaceutical exports exceed that of imports by two times, according to sta...
Industry to strengthen OTC drug sales and public advertising.
The domestic pharmaceutical industry tried to achieve this year ambitious sales target by strengthening the OTC new product development.
Their forecasted sales targets last year were achieved merely by 80 to 90% of...
25 percent of children with asthma absent from school, a poll shows
One out of four local children with asthma was absent from school and both children with asthma and their parents are being unable to work at the same level of activity as before, a poll showed recently.
In a two-m...
KFDA newly set up medical device safety bureau.
The KFDA announced to upgrade the medical device department into its bureau in order to build up an efficient medical device administration system.
The KFDA admitted that the medical device administration had been ...
Suspected SARS patients may not be SARS.
Minister Kim wha-joong of the MOHW announced on April 30 that Mr. "K" (49 years old) who was suspected of a SARS infected patient might not be the SARS patient but very likely to be a patient suffering simply from a b...
Bupropion is most favored antidepressant, recent symposium says
The 2003 Spring Scientific Symposium, which was organized by the Korean Neuropsychiatric Association, completed its two-day event in Cheju on April 25-26 and 1,000 members joined the symposium.
Organizers said that...
12% of 45 year-old Koreans suffering from COPD.
According to the survey conducted by the Korean Society of Respiratory and the Korea Health and Social Affairs Research Institute, 12% of the 45-year old Koreans (4.4% female and 8% in total) are suffering from the ch...
Mushroom products at pharmacy show brisk sales
Sales of health foods such as mushroom-related products (Sang Hwang, Agaricus, and Chaga) have shown a sharp increase at pharmacy these days, as those health foods are said to contribute to potentiating the human immu...
Samjin Pharm's chairman to head Korea Drug Research Association
The Korea Drug Research Association said on April 30 that it elected Samjin Pharm's chairman Cho Eui-whan as its new chairman at a special meeting.
The new chairman succeeded Kim Sun-jin, who transferred his post f...
Uncertain outlook for six-year pharmacy college education system
There is a concern that the implementation of the six-year pharmacy college education system, which was adopted by a Special Committee for the Improvement of Pharmaceutical Affairs System and Health Industry Developme...
