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Domestic markets for antidepressants and antidiabetics being overheated
Business sources say that the domestic antidepressants and antidiabetics market will be overheated in parallel with the expected launchings of new products on this December or next January.
1) Antidepressant market...
100 thousand cancer patients newly registered last year.
It was reported that about 100 thousand of new patients were suffering from cancers last year and the total NHI payment for 250 thousand patients including over 140 thousands of old patients amounted to 641,600 millio...
Pharmacist's license rental on the rise after medical reform program.
An intensive pharmacy inspection seems to be necessary for detecting ever increasing illegal pharmacies these days after the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, where set up with other ...
Concerns over possible trade friction are mounting
With the landslide victory of the Republican Party in the US off-year election, pharmaceutical sources are concerned that the presence of the US-based multinational firms will be further heightened in the domestic pha...
Health ministry pushing to implement new drug plan
Pharmaceutical business sources say that the Ministry of Health and Welfare have yet to fully reflect rational oppositions of pharmaceutical firms raised by the previous public hearings on the new drug price re-evalua...
Informations to share for new drug development
The informations of new drugs on research in Korea seem to be easily accessible.
The KFDA plans to publish a updated Survey Report on New Drug Development (hereinafter called "Survey Report") for the purpose of bo...
Patent registration applications for antihypertensive agents up
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) says that the applications for the registration of antihypertensive agents have been gradually increased thanks to more intensive R&D efforts of pharmaceutical firms in t...
Frequently prescribed nutritional amino acid transfusions may be produced by drug makers
Pharmaceutical manufacturers are likely to market the nutritional amino acid transfusions, which are now being produced by mixing amino acid transfusions with some nutritional agents at a hospital drug department itse...
NHI price review for bio equivalent drugs shortened within a month .
The KFDA, in the brief talk meeing with the HIRA on Nov. 8, decided to give additional benefit plans to the 30% incentive program for the pharmacists who substitute prescriptions for other bio equivalent drugs to boos...
Compulsory sales of drug irritate drug wholesalers
In the midst where some pharmaceutical firms are pushing to make the compulsory drug sales towards drug wholesalers, the latter is in dilemma on how to deal with the expected inventory drugs amid the prevailing busine...
