News About: Pharm. Affairs
No. of pharmacies increased by 665 only this year, half of them were in Seoul & Gyeonggi
This year, the number of pharmacies across the nation was increased by 665, and a half of pharmacies increased were in Seoul and Gyeonggi areas.
Yakup Shinmoon(www.yakup.com) analyzed the Health Insurance Review & As...
Health insurance benefits of Kadcyla Inj 100mg & 160mg will be registered
The health insurance benefits of ‘Kadcyla Inj(trastuzumab emtansine),’ a Roche Korea’s treatment for breast cancer, will be applied today.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister Neung-Hoo Park) amended and issue...
947 pharmacies shut down while 1,237 had opening in 1st half of the year in Korea
1 of 10 pharmacies in the 1st half of the year was surveyed to experience one of changes, such as opening, moving and closing.
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service conducted a survey for opening and closi...
Reason why generic substitution is not active is because of ‘eye of doctors’
Although it is possible substitute prescribed drugs to generics at pharmacy, generic substitute is still uncommon. People chose ‘eye of doctors’ as a reason for this.
The ‘Drug Qualification Determination and Repay P...
Celltrion’s ‘Truxima’ reaches 30% market share in Europe only in 3 months of launch
‘Truxima,’ an antibody biosimilar launched by Celltrion Healthcare for the 2nd time in Europe, seems to rapidly grow in the European market.
Celltrion Healthcare announced on the 1st that ‘Truxima,’ an antibody biosi...
248 products, such as Cosentyx and Kynteles, newly registered
248 pharmaceutical products, including new drugs such as Cosentyx and Kynteles, will be newly registered in the list of health insurance benefits from the 1st of August.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare, on the 25t...
Novo Nordisk acquires Korean approval of ‘Saxenda,’ GLP-1 analogue obesity treatment
Novo Nordisk Korea(President Rana Azfar Zafar) announced that Saxenda(generic name: liraglutide), its new obesity therapy, was approved from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 21st.
Saxenda is the world’s ob...
Congested development of generic drugs with rapid decrease in bioequivalently-tested products
It was observed there were 329 pharmaceutical products newly approved with bioequivalence test this year, decreased by a half compared to the same period of the last year.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug S...
Approvals for ‘Tamifly’ generics about to pour out for bioequivalence tests
Approvals for generics of ‘Tamiflu,’ a influenza virus treatment whose patent is expiring on the 22nd of August, are pouring out.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) on the 25th, 15 generic drugs ...
264 increase of pharmacies across the nation this year, making the total 22,333
It was observed there were 254 more pharmacies across the nation this year, but Ulsan, among the total 17 cities and provinces, was the only one which had a decreasing number of pharmacies.
According to the Health In...
