News About: Pharm. Industry
Daehwa wins patent for oral paclitaxel
Daehwa Pharmaceutical said Wednesday that the company won an U.S. patent covering the oral form of widely used cancer drug paclitaxel, which is normally administered through injection.
The patent covers "compositi...
KORUS FTA to take effect on March 15
Korea and the United States agreed to implement their free trade pact on March 15, six years after the two countries kicked off talks on the trade pact in June 2006.
Trade Minister Bark Tae-ho announced Tuesday tha...
Foreign journals publish Amosartan
Hanmi’s anti-hypertension fixed-dose combination, Amosartan (amolodipine + Losartan), was published in international peer-reviewed journals, such as BMC (BioMed Central Research Notes) and AJCD (American Journal of Ca...
AstraZeneca Korea names Koo H.W. new medical head
Koo He-won was named the new medical head of AstraZeneca Korea.
Koo, 43, will be primarily responsible for scientific affairs and local clinical trials.
Koo, a graduate of Inje University’s medical college, obta...
Dong-A hikes R&D budget in 2010
Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co., Korea’s No.1 pharmaceutical firm, said it spent 8 percent of its revenue on research and development (R&D) last year, up 0.6 percentage points from R&D budget in 2010.
“The increasing inv...
100 drug makers to bring fight to a court
The debate over slashing drug prices this year will be brought to a court, with a suit to nullify the government’s plans to cut the price of about half the drugs on the market by an average of 14 percent.
The Korea...
EMA approves new antimalarial drug developed by Shinpoong
Shinpoong Pharmaceutical Co. said Monday that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved a new artemisinin based combination therapy (ACT) Pyramax for treatment of malaria.
Co-developed by Switzerland based Medic...
FDA guidelines for biosimilar biotech drugs are positive to Korean drug makers
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come up with guidelines for the sale of lower-cost versions of biotechnology drugs, issued on Thursday.
“These draft documents are designed to help the Korean drug indu...
Korea-U.S. FTA likely to go into effect soon
The government said it hopes for the implementation of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Korea and the U.S. at an earlier date.
“Korea’s FTA representative Choi Suk-young and Wendy Cutler, the chief negotiator f...
Korean impotence drugs increase market share
Korean-made erectile dysfunction drugs are expected to secure more market share in Korea
Encouraged by robust sales, SK Chemicals and JW Pharmaceutical are stepping up their marketing in the domestic erectile dysfunc...
