News About: Pharm. Industry
Prices of major vitamin C preparations are likely to rise
Another price hike of popular vitamin C products, such as Kyungnam's Lemona and Korea Eundan's Solar C, will be foreseeable in the future due to the hike of raw material prices, according to business sources.
The r...
Sandoz Korea seeking to enhance its corporate entity
Sandoz Korea says it will promote its own marketing of 12 generic products, including paroxetine, until next year, while placing more emphasis on better recognition of the corporate entity from the domestic medical fi...
Levitra's sweet love-making campaign for diabetic patients
Bayer Schering Korea plans to launch its sweet love-making campaign with Levitra for diabetic patients with erectile dysfunction (ED), who able to obtain an erection sufficient for successful intercourse with a partne...
Dietary supplements gaining popularity
Dietary supplements containing conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) are widely promoted as weight loss agents available over the counter and via the Internet.
CLA has been widely popular in products such as BBF's Diet CL...
Turnover of wholesalers up 13%
The combined turnover of 117 domestic wholesalers last year marked 8.2 trillion won, up 13.0 percent from 2006, while showing a mere 1.8-percent increase in net profit, according to a survey conducted by Yakup Shinmoo...
Aspirin market to be expanded
The domestic market size for aspirin 100mg valued at 40 billion won is expected to be further expanded as the Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently nodded the additional indications of Boryung Pharm's Astrix...
55% of GERD patients complain about inconvenience in daily life
55 percent ofpatients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have suffered from various systems, making their daily life inconvenient, according to a local survey by AstraZeneca Korea.
The survey of 12,000 pat...
Asian biopharmaceutical firms, key source of R&D pipeline
Asian biopharmaceutical firms will become key players in the global bioindustry arena as they have well trained researchers with their governments' full support in finance, according to LG Life Sciences President Kim ...
4 Korean pharmaceutical firms aiming to launch first generic version of Lipitor
Four Korean drug makers plan to simultaneously launch generic versions of Lipitor in June with hope of acquiring large share of the patented drug's market.
The run-ups include Hanmi Pharm, Yuhan Corporation, Dongwh...
Wholesalers in dilemma over GSK margin issue
The controversial GSK margin issue is emerging as hot potato among wholesalers.
The Pharmaceutical Development Consultative Committee has urged GSK to restore the falling wholesaler margins to the normal level unti...
