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Korea wins U.S. patent for recombinant anthrax vaccine
The country's public health and safety agency had won an U.S. patent for the process of manufacturing a recombinant anthrax vaccine, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said Tuesday.
The pat...
Drugmakers pin hopes on new private research body
The new private consultative body, which has been sought by the Korea Drug Research Association (KDRA) in May, has drawn keen interest from the industry as the body will play a pivotal role to spur the long-term growt...
Choi Won-young tapped as new secretary for employment and welfare affairsPresident Park Geun-hye on Monday replaced her chief of staff and four senior secretaries at the Blue House, appointing Choi Won-young, former vice minister of health and welfar...
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Rapid approval of biological drugs eyed
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) announced on July 31 that it has revised the rule concerning the simplified screening of biological products, such as vaccines, requiring a state-run approval, as part of it...
Pharmacists in fierce turf war over Oriental medicine insurance
Another turf war between Oriental and Western pharmacists over who sells Oriental drugs is being reignited, ahead of the insurance of Oriental medicines.
Practitioners of traditional Oriental medicine have expresse...
Daewoong on solid growth track
Daewoong Pharmaceutical, one of the country’s leading pharmaceutical companies, said Thursday it has returned to making profit in the first half of this year from a year earlier, buoyed by brisk sales of flagship prod...
Bukwang reinvigorating corporate culture through Google Apps
Google Apps are helping create an office environment in which people can work anytime and anywhere, said an official at Bukwang Pharmaceutical Co.
Participating at the Google Apps Conference 2013 in Seoul last Frid...
Korea’s pharmaceutical exports up 28.6% in June
Korea’s exports of pharmaceutical goods rose nearly 29 percent in June, with its record-high export shipment index of 142.4 over the previous year, while its pharmaceutical inbound shipment index dipped to 0.6 percent...
Leading drugmakers fared well in in first half
The country’s six large drug firms, such as Yuhan Corp., Green Cross Corp., Hanmi Pharmaceutical, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical and Dong-A ST, posted sound earnings for the first half of this ...
Pfizer’s Zithromax syrups to be recalled
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on July 31 said that it had ordered Pfizer Korea, a subsidiary of the U.S. Pfizer Inc., to recall and discard some bottles of Zithromax (azithromycin) syrup 900mg, citing th...
