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Delayed listing of new drugs into medical insurance drugs
Domestic pharmaceutical firms are experiencing much difficulties in their marketing activities due to the prolonged grant period of medical insurance price for new drugs ranging from 150 days to 300 days, pharmaceutic...
HIRA found common cold as top overlapped treatment.
The common cold has been found as the top disease on multiple treatments at more than 2 medical institutions per day according to the 2001 medical statistics compiled by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA).
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Medical separation program to suspend at typhoon battered regions.
The local government may suspend the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program at the regions where the recent typhoon calamity took place.
The MOHW is going to allow patients in the typho...
Keunwha Pharm faces government review for merger conditions
The M&A agreement executed between Sanofi-Synthelabo and Keunwha Pharm on July 29 this year may be nullified due to the transaction method.
In its reply to a question raised by Keunwha Pharm, the National Tax Serv...
American VA medical center recommends risperidone as first-line anti-psychotic drug
The U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) medical center announced its own drug guideline for schizophrenia, recommending that Risperdal (risperidone) and Seroquel be used as the first-line anti-psychotic medications and Zyprexa...
KPMA moving to abolish unified drug distribution channel.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) is positively moving up to abolish the unified drug distribution channel system in an attempt to minimize possible damages caused by the implementation of the ...
Bioventure firms suffered insufficient number of R&D personnel
Bioventure businesses have suffered from a shortage of R&D and marketing personnel with worsened financial conditions, according to a survey conducted on 600 bioventure firms in Korea by the Korea Bioventure Associati...
Korea on top 3rd in world patent registration.
Korea has ranked the top 3rd in the world for the world patent registration with the total 73,378 cases according to the latest world statistics reported by the WIPO (World Industrial Property Organization). Then, num...
Government unveils plans for promoting domestic fine chemical industry
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy is pushing for the establishment of the domestic two Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) agencies to the level of advanced countries by 2005, as part of its concerted effort to...
Wholesalers agreed to accept all returned drugs of pharmacies in Gangneug
The six drug wholesalers in Gangneung - Kangwon Pharm, Gagneung Phar,, Kangil Pharm, Seoho Medico, Soochunddang Pharm, and Yuwon Pharm - held a meeting with the Kangneung-ward chapter of the Korea Pharmaceutical Assoc...
