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KRPIA Submitted Fair Competition Agreement to FTC
Korea Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) recently submitted 'fair competition agreement (draft) concerning medicine trade' to Fair Trade Commission.
In relation to promotion, the agreement (...
Wholesalers moving up for direct deals with makers.
The drug wholesalers are expanding their direct deals with drug manufacturers who discontinued business with Zuellig.
The Youngnam Pharm. Wholesale Association and Yakmaek club closed their business deals with Zue...
Use of Antibiotic Medicines and Injection Not Diminished
It was shown that doctors did not feel that the use of antibiotic medicines and injection was diminished after separation unlike recent announcement of government.
As a result that KMA (Korea Medical Association) c...
Il Yang to contract with Abbott for sole distribution of Uprima.
Il Yang has made an agreement with Abbott for exclusive distribution of Uprima, a new drug for impotence (Apomorphine Hcl), which may be launched from Feb. this year, challenging Pfizer's Viagra market already capture...
KPA Opened List of 8 Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Uncooperative in Return
Korea Pharmaceutical Association opened a list of 8 pharmaceutical manufacturers uncooperative in returning stock medicines.
Uncooperative pharmaceutical manufacturers KPA opened were 6 foreign-capital pharmaceutic...
Market with tailor made non-prescription drugs on the rise.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers are speeding up to make so called taylor made non-prescription drugs for retail pharmacies to meet their requests for OTC drugs to take care of more defined symptoms.
The manufactur...
Listed Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Have a Purpose of Growing Continuously This Year
It is expected that most of the major local pharmaceutical manufacturers set up a growth purpose of 20-30% and go out for an aggressive management.
According to the 2002 sales purpose of the 18 listed pharmac...
KFDA Said Efficacy of Supervising Pharmaceutical Affairs was Unsatisfactory
An indication that the activity of supervising pharmaceutical affairs of Korea Food & Drug Administration to strengthen the management of medicine production and distribution was unsatisfactory was raised.
Accordin...
Pharmacy to overload stocks with non-reimbursable drugs
As a result of rescheduling other non-prescription drugs such as digestive enzyme preparations to a non-NHI reimbursement effective from April this year, every pharmacy may face with a stock overload in the amount of ...
"Unfair to Deprive Pharmacists with Student No. 95 & 96 of Qualifications for Oriental Pharmacist"
A court decision came out that it was unfair to deprive pharmacists with student No.95 & 96 of qualifications for Oriental pharmacist examination.
According to this decision, pharmacists with student No. 95 & 96 ca...
