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Roche's Ansung plant acquires EU GMP certification
Roche Korea said recently that its Ansung plant succeeded in obtaining EU GMP certification from the Swedish Medical Products Agency on February 21 this year, as a result of the agency's on-spot inspection headed by D...
LG and Canadian Aeterna to agree business strategic tie-up for anticancer drug.
LG and Canadian Aeterna to agree business strategic tie-up for anticancer drug.
LG made a strategic business cooperation agreement with Canadian Aeterna company on Mar. 26 for an exclusive distribution of Neovasta...
Yuyu made strategic tie-up with Pharmacia.
Yuyu agreed with Pharmacia on Mar. 27 to take over Lincocin, an excellent antibiotic and Mycobutin, a anti-TB drug via the import, distribution, product registration rights, trademarks and technical know-how.
Linc...
KRPIA appoints new chairman
The Korea Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association appointed on March 26 M. Richter, president of Boehringer Ingelheim Korea, the 6th chairman who will succeed an incumbent chairman Jan Peterse of Pharmacia ...
KPMA to enforce fair competition code for pharmaceutical firms
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association held an explanatory session towards the revised fair trade code on March 25, noting that if those firms, which were subject to the first collective order on the groun...
Domestic company to audit overseas bulk supplier plant.
A growing number of local pharmaceutical companies filed their overseas auditing application for the bulk production plants.
The KFDA took a field auditing in the early of March at the Norvatis' Edmonton plant in C...
Local companies blocking Norvasc monopolistic sales.
Pfizer Korea has monopolized Norvasc (amlodipine besylate), an antihypertensive drug on the market with annual sales of about 120 billion won last year, which seems to be curbed by local competitors, Hanmi, CJ and CKD...
Government holding tight reins over KGSP system for efficient drug distribution
According to a recent explanatory session of Korea Good Supply Practice (KGSP) system at Tower Hotel, co-hosted by the Korea Food and Drug Administration and the Korea Drugs Wholesalers Association, the records of man...
MSD Korea to collaborate with Zuellig Pharma Korea
MSD Korea said it would enter into a drug distribution contract with Zuellig Pharma Korea from this April 1 in a bid to operate more efficient distribution system and cope with sufficient human resources and broad ran...
Ex post facto management of KGSP firms to be strengthened this April
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it plans to augment the guidance and supervision of Korea Good Supply Practice (KGSP)-accredited firms this April in a bid to ensure the safety of drug distribution.
The ...