News About: Pharm. Industry
Driclor solution gaining popularity
Stiefel Laboratories’ Driclor solution, antiperspirant, has been sold out due to its high popularity in customers.
“We have hurried to bring additional shipments into the country as Driclor sales this year more tha...
Kwangdong to market Apthera's breast cancer product NeuVax in Korea
Kwangdong Pharm said it has recently entered into a commercial license agreement with the U.S. based Apthera, Inc. for use of Apthera’s NeuVax, a peptide-based cancer immunotherapy product.
Under the agreement, Kwa...
Safety of products containing talc contaminated with carcinogenic asbestos reignites controversy
No one can exaggerate the harmful effect of asbestos, which is often called a silent killer. Many countries, including the United States and those in the European Union, are strictly regulating asbestos because it is ...
CJ, Medipack agreed to work closely on amino infusion business
CJ CheilJedang signed a memorandum of understanding with Medipack Co. on June 9 in its bid to go global with all of amino infusion products, which will be wholly supplied by Medipack. Medipack is an amino infusion rel...
Trius Therapeutics announces positive phase II results on TR-701
Trius Therapeutics, Dong-A Pharmaceutical’s U.S. partner announced on June 10 that it gained the positive results from its Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of oral TR-701, its investigational ...
Ilyang exports ilaprazole to Indonesia
Ilyang Pharm said June 8 it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply an Indonesian company with ilaprazole 10 mg and 20 mg as a finished product, an antiulcer drug, under the trade name of Noltec
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Daiichi Sankyo Korea, Daewoong to co-promote hypertensive agent in combination form
Daiichi Sankyo Korea has joined hands with Daewoong Pharm to market Sevicar, a combination of the angiotensin II receptor antagonist olmesartan, and the calcium channel blocker amlodipine) from July 10.
Sevicar is ...
Chong Kun Dang, Boram team up for anti-obesity market
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Co. has teamed up with Boram Pharm to market Lakshmi (orlistat), a beauty goddess of Indian legend, in the local anti-obesity market.
Industry watchers expect the domestic anti-impoten...
Glivec price to be lowered by 14%
The government decided to reduce the insurance price of Glivec, leukemia drug, by 14 percent at the request of patients and civic groups, it was announced on June 8.
Under such decision, the insurance price of Gliv...
New flu vaccines to be produced by Green Cross soon
Green Cross Corporation plans to mass-produce new influenza vaccines by cultivating master seeds supplied by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.K. National Institute for Biological Sta...
