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Anti-lung cancer drug, Iressa approved to sell.
The KFDA approved Iressa, an anti-lung cancer drug, originally developed by Astra-Zeneca in U.K. after the deliberation the Central Pharmaceutical Review Council on Mar. 20.
Iressa was first approved in Japan on Ju...
KPMA member companies to keep compliance with fair trade provisions.
The Korea pharmaceutical manufacturers association (KPMA) asked all member companies strictly to comply with the fair trade regulations in order to keep their management transparency and fair trade climates in the mar...
Inevitable price reduction of simvastatin preparations probable
Influenced by the voluntary reimbursement price cut of MSD Korea's Zocor, which has dominated the domestic anti-hyperlipemic market, the overall price of its generic versions seems likely to be lowered in rows.
MSD...
Asthma patients to avert use of inhalers
Domestic patients with asthma are found to avert the use of inhalers having better effect than oral preparations and its rational improvement should be sought, according to data released by the Korea Institute for Hea...
Bioequivalence tests to be stimulated
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said that in its business briefing to the minister of Health and Welfare on March 19, bioequivalence tests need to be further activated via withdrawal of ex post facto reporting ...
Pharmaceutical technologies fast transferring to China
The Korea New Drug R&D Association (KNDRDA) and the Chinese National Health Science and Technology Industrial Base (CNHSTIB) have made a visible treaty framework for the pharmaceutical technology transfer under the ti...
Private billing agency for medical charges indicted for fraud.
A representing agency, who billed and collected the NHI payment on behalf of the medical institutions for their medical service charges, has been arrested for a fraudulence suspect, which calls for a special warning t...
KFDA to root out illicit and substandard drugs.
The KFDA intensifies to eradicate any illicit and substandard drugs in its production and distribution.
The KFDA will present the consolidated safety control plans for the production and distribution of illicit and...
11 wholesalers registered in e-commerce bidding at SNUH
Business sources said that in the absence of major wholesalers, 11 small- and medium-sized drug wholesalers, including Baiksei Drug, Hankook Drug, Chomyung Drug, Unimedical Drug, Taeyoung Drug, Taekyung Drug, and Kook...
Drug industry: Information control system requires urgent improvement.
The information control system in the domestic drug industry stood at a pretty much infant level, requiring an urgent improvement by extending the knowledge management system (KMS) to the industry as early as possible...
