News About: Pharm. Industry
Doctors, drugmakers seeking reconciliation
A clash between a group representing doctors and pharmaceutical companies that began last December shows a sign of abating as either side is willing to back down.
In a regular meeting of the Korea Pharmaceutical Ma...
Korea‘s pharmaceutical exports up 15% last year
Korea’s exports of pharmaceutical goods rose nearly 15 percent last year but the industry continued to log a trade deficit, a trade group said yesterday.
According to the Korea Pharmaceutical Traders Association, ...
Government urged to specify more clear marketing code
Drug makers have called for the government to re-clarify the definition of rebate activities to guarantee their normal marketing activities.
Under the current fair trade guideline issued by the Fair trade Commissio...
KIT to help Korean drugs gain U.S. FDA approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recently approved the preclinical data submitted by a local non-clinical contract research organization, which will help Korean drug firms increase their share of the U.S. pha...
Korea Drug Research Association to launch special committee on disasters
The Korea Drug Research Association has launched a committee that will deal exclusively with all of the technologies and promising business including investment, an official said Wednesday.
The Technology Business ...
Zantac tablets 75 mg approved for OTC
The government has decided to allow Zantac tablets 75 mg, a popular antacid, to be sold at pharmacies without a doctor’s prescription starting March 1.
Instead the authorities decided to tighten management on Kimit...
Korea Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperative likely to see disbandment
The future of the Korea Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperative (KPIC) has been thrown into question amid growing speculation that the cooperative has reduced the number of six office workers by one since 2011,
Industr...
Pharmaceutical chiefs will extend term this year
Some chiefs of major pharmaceutical companies in the country are due to end their tenures this year, but their term is likely to be extended.
According to industry observers, the general meetings of shareholders at...
Daewoong to export two medicines to Europe
Daewoong will export two kinds of medicine to Turkey, becoming the first Korean firm to ship such drugs to Europe.
On Monday, the presidents of Daewoong and Abdiibrahim announced that the companies signed a memoran...
Pharmaceutical industry calls for removing red tape
Local drug firms are calling for the incoming administration to provide them with more practical and realistic support, criticizing too many restrictions on the industry.
They argued that without such efforts, the ...
