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Intensive research on protein-based biotechnology urged
For better competitiveness in the global market Korea's protein-based biotechnology research needs to be further strengthened along with its active biopharmaceutical field showing an annual increase of 31.7% in patent...
Patent applications for functional health foods up
Patents for the functional health or processed foods have been increasing steadily in Korea, said a local patent attorney.
Citing the patent application trends of functional health foods outlined in recently publis...
Mirena IUS, most effective and cost-saving contraceptive method
In a study on women in the United States, evonorgestrel-containing Mirena intrauterine system (IUS) is the most effective and cost-saving contraceptive method per person for five years compared with currently availabl...
Pharmaceutical companies put focus on technically feasible technologies
Shaking off the severe slump last year and promoting export drive in future, major pharmaceutical firms said in their 2004 first-generic strategies that they would target higher sales growth this year within a short p...
MOST to invest 42.9 billion won in BT sector this year
The Ministry of Science and Technology said on January 12 that it plans to spend 42.9 billion won this year to nurture Korea's biotechnology sector.
The detailed investment plan, which is to be finalized a...
Lysophosphatadylcholine found effective in treatment of sepsis
Song Dong-keun and Huh Sung-Oh, local professors of natural drug institute of medical college of Hallym University and members of the Ministry of Science and Technology's 21st century frontier project team, said on Ja...
Domestic pharmaceutical firms mull increasing R&D spending in 2004
Amid gloomy prospects that Korea's economy would hardly pick up until mid-2004, some of major domestic pharmaceutical firms are determined to achieve their revenue targets in 2004 by giving priority to R&D sector mor...
Domestic practitioners consider stroke as top priority in hypertension treatment
A majority of foreign practitioners consider cerebral apoplexy as the most serious cardiovascular risk factor in treatment of hypertension, unlike Korean practitioners that stroke is the most serious cardiovascular ri...
Formation of R&D consortiums needed to promote domestic R&D new drug projects
There is mounting consensus in domestic pharmaceutical industry that the breakthrough for better competitiveness of Korean pharmaceutical firms in the global arena is to ensure the efficiency of R&D spending through t...
46.6% of Korean people with type-2 diabetes are developing microalbuminuria
According to presentations of the 36th International Society of Nephrology meeting at San Diego of the United States, 46.6% of Korean people with type-2 diabetes are developing microalbuminuria regardless of age or se...
