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MFDS approves Adcetris to treat two types of lymphomaTakeda Korea said Monday that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDA) approved Adcetris (brentuximab vedotin) to treat Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and a rare lymphoma known as sys...
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Biopharmatis to export CNS drugs to Hong Kong
Biopharmatis, an affiliate of Hyundai Pharmaceutical Co., said Tuesday that it has signed an agreement with a new partner of Hong Kong to export Hyundai’s CNS (central nervous system)-related two medicines, Multapin t...
BMS Korea keeps top spot in chronic hepatitis B market
BMS Korea, a Korean unit of Bristol Myers Squibb Company, maintained its dominant position in the domestic chronic hepatitis B market during the January-April period of the year, although its competitor Gilead Science...
Supermarkets to sell health supplements
The government is considering revising the Korean Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to allow health functional products such as vitamins and mineral products at supermarkets later this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Saf...
Janssen Korea to face Tylenol production ban
Korea's food watchdog said last Thursday that that it would order to ban Janssen Korea from producing five drugs for five months while filing a criminal complaint with the prosecution against the head of Janssen Korea...
Koreans’ willingness to pay per quality-adjusted life year analyzed
An adult Korean is willingness to pay an average of 30.5 million won a year to extend his/her longevity for one year, a new study found.
The average outlay of one year’s life expectancy is 20.5 million won in mild ...
Green Cross’s Hepabig-Gene gets orphan drug designation
Green Cross Corp. said last Thursday that Hepabig-Gene, a recombinant antibody for hepatitis B, was designated as an “orphan drug” by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The FDA provides orphan dr...
Korea International Pharmaceutical Ingredient Exhibition to open
Buyers from 70 companies in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore and Mongol will meet 70 pharmaceutical firms in Korea during an international exhibition on a variety of products, including fine chemicals, cosmetic produ...
Regional tax service agency audits heighten tension among local wholesalers
The wholesaling community in Busan is in panic mode as Busan Tax Service has launched its audits for four wholesalers from last Tuesday.
The tax service said that it will take three months to investigate the four w...
Public pharmacy scheme creates debate
For a wider access of people to nighttime pharmacies, also called as pubic pharmacies, provincial governments in Seoul, Bucheon and Jeju Island have supported the nighttime coverage scheme of pharmacies which can ofte...
