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National health insurance to cover antiarrhythmic drug
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday that Sanofi-Aventis’s antiarrhythmic drug Multaq (ronedarone) will be covered by national health insurance from May 1. The insurance coverage of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfi...
Hanmi Pharmaceutical credit rating upgraded
Hanmi Pharmaceutical, one of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies, said Tuesday it has received an upgrade in its credit rating from A (negative) to A0 (stable) from Korea Ratings (KR) and Korea Investors Ser...
Dismal report for drug makers in 2012
The government’s forced price cuts for drugs and other medical products covered by National Health Insurance in April of last year has dealt a blow to local pharmaceutical firms.
According to Yakup.com, a pharmaceu...
Multinational drug manufactures spend 1.37 trillion won on marketing
The nation’s 26 multinational drug firms spent 1.37 trillion won on marketing activities in 2012, down 3.2 percent from a year earlier, according to documents obtained by Yakup.com, a pharmaceutical information portal...
Pharmacists urge NCCP to favor drugstores
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) called on the National Commission for Corporate Partnership (NCCP) last Thursday to designate a drugstore as one of businesses reserved for small- and medium-sized enterpris...
Can 13 OTC medicines be sold at 24-hour convenience stores?
Min Byung-doo, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic United Party, recently submitted a bill to protect franchise shop owners from their parent firms.
The bill aims to ban convenience stores from opening 2...
Mudipharma Korea names new Commercial Excellence DirectorMundipharma Korea announced Monday that Ryu Joon-soo will lead the newly established Commercial Excellence Team of Seoul-based drug manufacturer as a senior management director ...
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26 multination firms’ annual salary stands at 68 million won
Employees of 26 foreign invested firms here earned an average of 68 million won last year, with Abbott Korea workers topping the list, data showed Monday.
According to Yakup.com, a Web site which tracks the nation’...
Monthly sales per capita in multinational firms average 57 million won
Monthly sales per capita in 26 foreign invested drug firms here averaged 57 million won last year and annual sales per capita stood at 685 million won, a local Web site said Monday.
According to Yakup.com, a pharma...
Drug wholesalers hit by falling sales and operating profits in 2012
Korea's pharmaceutical wholesalers witnessed not only sales decrease last year from a year earlier, but also falling operating profits than the previous year, data showed Monday.
This was attributed to fallout from...
