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Drug development to be encouraged for rare diseases
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) Tuesday unveiled its plan to support the development of drugs to cure rare diseases,.
Rare diseases are those which cannot be fully cured or do not have drugs to treat ...
Yooyoung launches new combination form to treat dyslipidemias
Yooyoung Pharmaceutical said yesterday it has recently launched Pravafenix, SMB’s fixed dose combination drug to treat dyslipidemias, with an exclusive marketing right here.
Approved by the European Commission in A...
Patients call for two prescription sheets and written drug guidance
A patient group said Tuesday that the government should enhance the patients’ right to know by inspecting two prescription sheets issued by medical facility and thorough written drug guidance at pharmacy,
In a rec...
Pharmacist seeking higher dispensing service charge
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) has unveiled its plan to get higher dispensing service charge in its negotiation with the National Health Insurance Corporation.
In a press interview on Monday, the KPA v...
Jeil rekindling strategic alliance flame
Jeil Pharmaceutical is actively seeking strategic alliances with a number of multinational pharmaceutical firms using its strong sales and marketing force.
Jeil said Monday that it has agreed with Lundbeck Korea t...
LG Life Sciences teams up with Sanofi-Aventis Korea
LG Life Sciences said Monday that it has established a marketing and distribution partnership with Sanofi-Aventis Korea.
Under the deal, Sanofi-Aventis Korea will be in charge of selling LGIS’s diabetes treatment G...
Government urged to introduce health insurance risk-sharing program
A lawmaker said that the government needs to introduce health insurance risk-sharing program (HIRSP), under which It will be easier for patients with rare diseases to get high-priced drugs.
HIRSP offers a program f...
Serious diseases take toll on health insurance
The number of people under health insurance coverage, who suffered from serious diseases, such as hemophilia, leukemia and liver cancer, escalated to 1,523 in 2010, a 2.7-fold increase compared to 559 in 2007, accordi...
Park, Moon attend national convention for female pharmacists
Two presidential candidates, Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party and Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party, made their courtesy visits to the national female pharmacists convention...
KMA launches event for 20,000 doctor family members
The Korean Medical Association hosted its first event for 20,000 family members of doctors on Sunday, with a catchphrase ‘One Family of Doctors, Happy Korean People’ at Ilsan’s Kintex.
The president of the KMA, Roh...
