News About: Pharm. Affairs
“SFP went excessive on restricting Korean medicine pharmacists over selling OTC drugs”
It was observed the Society for the Future of Pharmacists(SFP) lost the lawsuit for revocation of disposition on herbalists against the Fair Trade Commission(FTC) because the court judged that the SFP made excessive p...
Serious conditions with antibiotic tolerance on major pathogens
It was observed it is necessary to nationally prepare measures because antimicrobial resistances on pathogens in Korea are in a serious condition.
In order to calculate standardized data requested by the GLASS(Global...
KPBMA appoints Kyung-Hwa Huh as Vice President of International Business
After the previous appointments for Biopharmaceutical Business and 4th Industry Business, the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association(Chairman Hee-Mok Won, KPBMA) appointed Kyung-Hwa Huh, Senior ...
17 pharmaceutical products, such as ‘Zanamivir Cap,’ designated as national essential medicine
‘Zanamivir Cap,’ a H1N1 influenza treatment, was newly designated as the national essential medicine.
The government(Office for Government Policy Coordination, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Ministry of Education,...
Hanmi acquired approval of ‘Amosartan Plus,’ 3-substance combination therapy for treatment of hypertension
Hanmi Pharm(CEO Jong-Soo Woo, Sae-Chang Kwon) announced ‘Amosartan Plus,’ a 3-substance combination drug for the treatment of hypertension, acquired commercialization approval from the Ministry of Health and Welfare(M...
Deliberative committee for adjustment of emergency household medicines to tighten information security
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) announced to strengthen security to prevent leak of information about adjustment of emergency household medicines.
While the next deliberative committee for adjustment of emer...
5 associations start ‘Consultative Group for Field Inspection’
The Korean Medical Association(Chairman Moo-Jin Choo) held the first official meeting for the ‘Consultative Group for Field Inspection’ to discuss plans to improve the field inspection system on the 23rd of June after...
251 pharmaceutical drugs recognized in bioequivalence in 1st half of this year
In the first half of this year, there were 251 pharmaceutical products newly recognized in bioequivalence, decreased by 28 compared to the same period of the last year.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safe...
Pharmaceutical products achieved USD 3.1 billion exports last year
Pharmaceutical exports were USD 3.1 billion last year, increased by 5.7%; pharmaceutical imports were USD 5.5 billion.
In the 1st quarter of this year, the exports were USD 750 million increased by 13%, and biosimila...
Conflicts between pharma and distribution run out of certain medicines at pharmacies
Conflicts between a pharmaceutical company and the distribution field over distribution margin has created shortages for products related to the issue at pharmacies.
According to the industry concerned, a pharmaceuti...
