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Lee Moon-suk to spearhead SK Green Chemical BizSK Chemicals, Korea’s leading pharmaceutical and chemical products manufacturer, said last Friday that the firm has nominated Lee Moon-suk as its new joint CEO after meetings of...
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Irregular hospital workers increase by 40% in 3 years
The number of irregular workers in 12 national university hospitals increased by 40 percent over the past three years, data showed recently, underscoring that the country’s hospital employment condition continues to d...
53 drug firms sanctioned for kickbacks
The number of pharmaceutical companies receiving administrative measure on charge of illegal drug rebates totaled 53 over the past three years, a pharmaceutical information provider Yakup.com said Friday.
The punis...
Government to step up crackdown on illegal rebates
The government is considering extending the operation of a joint government investigation team in a bid to look into illegal kickbacks prevailing in domestic pharmaceutical industry.
The Ministry of Health and Welf...
Doctors, pharmacists to set up consultative body
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) has teamed up with the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) to create a new consultative body that will work to come up with ways to address the pending issues.
In an unexpec...
Shin named as new Ipsen Korea head
Ipsen Korea has promoted its Korean office senior director Shin Hae-sung to lead the company as of March 12.
This is the first time that a global specialty-driven pharmaceutical company headquartered in France has ...
Periodontal disease is rising in younger generation
A growing number of young Korean people are experiencing periodontal disease, a type of disease that affects one or more of the periodontal tissues, a local medical institution said yesterday.
Many of us know that...
Drug makers grappling to survive
Local drug manufacturers are seeking ways to compete abroad as their profits continue to fall in the domestic market after comprehensive price cuts of drugs by the government last April.
Smaller companies are also ...
KMA to file suit against Dong-A Pharm
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) said Wednesday it will seek a legal action against Dong-A Pharmaceutical that allegedly gave kickbacks to some 1,300 physicians.
The company, which was indicted on the charge of...
Eylea injection approved in Korea
Bayer HealthCare has recently received approval from the Korea Food and Drug Administration for Eylea (aflibercept) Injection for the treatment of wet age-related macular degeneration.
Eylea, known in the scientif...
