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Nexgene to tie in research with Canadian research council.
Nexgene (Representative : Lee Sun-kyo), a plant bio-engineering venture company of Korea, announced on Nov. 14 that the company made an agreement with NRC (National Research Council) of Canada and PBI (Plant Biotechno...
Graduate From Prestigious Universities Apply for Sales Jobs
As the recruitment of new employees decreased drastically in all sectors of the industry due to economic stagnation, HR departments in pharmaceutical companies are very elated because qualified candidates are rushing ...
Diminishing charge system to save remarkable NHI fund.
A new diminishing drug administration charge system seems to be enforced from Dec. 1, which applies a diminishing charge rate to drug administration fees according to number of prescription filling day. Currently the ...
SPA to file interim injunction against diminishing charge system.
The Seoul Pharmacist Association (SPA) plans to file an interim injunction against the government's new diminishing charge system for pharmacist's drug administration fees.
They also decided on Nov. 14 to establis...
Herbal Medicine Department Issue Worsens Due to Lack of Countermeasures
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has failed to come up with countermeasures as students majoring in Herbal Medicine at three universities, who are requesting improvements in the Herbal Masters program and the phaseo...
Clebudin to show excellent clinical results against B hepatitis.
Clebudin, a new therapeutic agent against B type hepatitis developed by Bukwang, has shown far outstanding clinical profiles compared to drugs already on markets. Its clinical study was reported by Prof. Lee Hyo-suk, ...
illegal sales of prescription drugs at perilous level.
An illegal sale of prescription drugs like Viagra and Xenical through the internet channel seems to reach at a perilous level, and some of retail pharmacies are selling these prescription drugs without prescriptions.
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Drug industry harsh backlash against OTC drug pricing check.
The drug industry strongly stood against the government's quarterly price checking movement over 43 top OTC drugs as did with the NHI prescribing drugs after recently converting them to the NHI non-reimbursement schem...
Supermarket Sale of General Medicine Under Special Surveillance
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has ordered a special inspection of general medicine such as beverage and digestive items which are sold at supermarkets.
The KFDA decided to initiate special pharmaceu...
Cooperation Among Pharmaceutical Technology Trading Associations Is Urgent
The pharmaceutical technology trading sector, which is being actively advanced for the efficiency of the domestic pharmaceutical industry, has indicated that it should equip itself with a unified systematic system to ...
