News About: Pharm. Industry
Major pharmaceutical firms set eyes on overseas market
The nation's leading pharmaceutical companies are going all-out to make inroads into foreign countries as the domestic drug market shows clear signs of reaching saturation point.
Korean drug makers demonstrate vari...
Positive list system discourages new drug development projects
Domestic pharmaceutical companies are in dilemma to cope with the current drug pricing system, called a positive list system, according to a top official of a domestic pharmaceutical firm.
In an information session...
Celebrex can be used in aspirin patients, Pfizer Korea says
Pfizer Korea says its Celebrex (celecoxib) capsule can be used with low dose of aspirin unlike other nonsteriodal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).
Last March, the Korea Food and Drug Administration instructed manu...
Daewoong rekindling strategic alliance flame
Daewoong Pharm is actively seeking strategic alliances with a number of multinational pharmaceutical firms using its strong sales and marketing force.
Daewoong and MSD Korea have recently agreed to jointly market J...
Abbott Korea launches XIENCE V stent
Abbott Korea says it has launched its XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System, offering physicians a smaller stent based upon the proven efficacy, positive safety results and excellent deliverability of XIEN...
Korea needs speedy mergers of several research centers among major drug makers
Large domestic pharmaceutical companies should focus on research and development (R&D) of new drugs in a form to create a new research center merging several research laboratories, according to pharmaceutical observer...
BMS Korea is in dilemma over price of new leukemia drug
BMS Korea is reportedly in internal discussion over the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affair committee's decision on the price of Sprycel, a new drug for the disease.
On May 7, the committee decided to fi...
Healthcare business to drive up Choong-wae
If ethical management topped SK's growth strategy for the past years, the fresh aim of Choong-wae Pharm this year is to solidify its position in the domestic healthcare business.
Through active promotion of its ha...
Female marketers exceed men in employment rate
The number of female marketers is growing at a faster pace than their male counterparts these days as women increasingly outpace men in 13 foreign-invested pharmaceutical companies.
According to Pharmax Ogilvy Heal...
1 in 4 Korean asthma patients with not to take medication as prescribed by doctors
Korean patients with asthma reported poor compliance to their treatment in comparison to the other countries surveyed, with 26% patients reporting that they 'never' use their medication as prescribed by their physicia...
