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Daewoong to export two medicines to Europe
Daewoong will export two kinds of medicine to Turkey, becoming the first Korean firm to ship such drugs to Europe.
On Monday, the presidents of Daewoong and Abdiibrahim announced that the companies signed a memoran...
Government seeks free Hib vaccinations
To support childcare, the government is considering offering free vaccination for children against hemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Centers for Disease Control and P...
Park takes office today
The Park Geun-hye administration launches Monday to steer the country through a critical juncture at home and abroad.
The inauguration ceremony for the nation’s 18th president will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the...
Pharmaceutical industry calls for removing red tape
Local drug firms are calling for the incoming administration to provide them with more practical and realistic support, criticizing too many restrictions on the industry.
They argued that without such efforts, the ...
LG Life Sciences picked for Gemiglo
Three Korean drug makers, such as LG Life Sciences (LGLS), Medipost and Ahngook Pharmaceutical, earned awards for their new drugs (Gemiglo, Cartistem and Synatura), while Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical and Seoul Pharma...
Pharmacies out as conglomerates eye drugs business
The drug and cosmetics store landscape is expected to undergo major changes as some pharmacies are pulling out of the market and others eye the market.
A pharmacist in northern Seoul has to shutter its pharmacy, 48...
SK seeks overseas expansion
SK Chemicals, Korea’s leading pharmaceutical and chemical products manufacturer, is ramping up its overseas expansion drive, with the aim of becoming a leading global drug firm.
The company has started construction...
Exforge copycats to hit markets
The patent for Novartis’s Exforge, a drug with two most important ingredients for the treatment of hypertension, is set to expire early April in Korea so a swarm of generic versions can hit the market.
The release ...
KFDA drafts guideline for safety test of biological products
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has come up with a draft guideline for safety test of biological drugs
The draft guideline requires no submission of test results based on long-term storage test and r...
Pharmacists clash over selling for OTC medicines
The long-standing conflict between pharmacists of Oriental and Western medicine is resurfacing over who should have the right to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.
A district prosecutors’ office in Bucheon rece...
