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Norvasc still gaining big popularity in domestic prescription market
Overall, Pfizer's Norvasc has been one of the most frequently prescribed drugs across the country together with other original drugs of foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms, said a BASS (Bestcare Area Statistic...
Gists of identifying real Norvasc outlined
Pfizer Korea said that the differences between real Norvasc and counterfeit one may be easily discernible with much interest (see the following table), citing that from the bottle floor of real Norvasc, PB-3 i...
KPA to suggest measures for substituted dispensing
Mr. Won Hee-mok, the chief commissioner of the Policy Planning Commission and other 12 commissioners of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) visited to the government office building at Kwangwhamoon on Feb. 20 t...
KFDA and HIRA agreed to share computerized drug-related data
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has recently announced that it would execute an agreement with the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) on February 24 in a bid to jointly utilize their database involvin...
Export of natural dietary foods is sharply increasing
In the midst where natural dietary foods are gaining popularity from 210,000 households nationwide, their export is making a brisk pace at an annual growth rate of more than 200 percent since its initial export to the...
Pharmaceutical specialist system to be institutionalized
A pharmaceutical specialist system through proper training courses needs to be institutionalized like doctor's trainee system, according to a recent symposium.
The pharmaceutical specialist system refers to a pharm...
KFDA to formulate enforcement regulations of Health Food Law
The Korea Food and Food and Administration has drafted the enforcement regulations of Health Food Law concerning the scope of advertisement for health foods ahead of its oncoming promulgation on August 26th this year ...
Stilen and Easyef awarded best new drugs from Korea Drug Research Association
The Korea Drug Research Association announced it has selected Dong-A's Stillen and Daeoong's Easyef as the best R&D new drug awards and the award ceremony will be held through the KDRA's 17th regular general meeting o...
Daewoong exclusively to distribute Lilly products.
Daewoong pharmaceutical company announced that an exclusive distribution agreement for Ceclor, Lorabid (antibiotics) and Axid (an anti-peptic ulcer drug) was made with Elli Lilly.
The above 3 products made 17 billi...
Technology for natural anti-asthmatic drug transferred to Hankuk Shinyak.
Korea Bio Engineering Research Institute (KBERI) has developed an anti-asthmatic drug from the extracts of Yulan magnolid, a natural herb, under the government (MOST) financial subsidy (1 billion won) as one of the G7...
