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Health Minister to consider prescription refill system
Health and Welfare Minister Rim Che-min indicated last Friday that he will consider implementing the controversial prescription refill system during his term.
Under the prescription refill system, a patient may re...
Ildong’s Ansung plant recognized
Ildong Pharmaceutical said last Friday that Ansung factory acquired the final recognition of the Japanese Ministry of Wealth and Labor about its sold-form facility for general and antineoplastic drug wards.
This wi...
Boryung to export new antihypertensive agent to Brazil
Boryung Pharmaceutical Co. today said it has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Brazil’s largest drugmaker Ache Pharmaceutical, who will take care of commercializing Boryung’s new antihypertensive drug Ka...
Korea vying to host 2016 FIP Congress
Korea is in the final stages of competing for the right to host the 2016 Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP).
The final decision is scheduled for the 2012 FIP Centennial Congress, which ta...
Schnell close to buying Chunggei
Schnell Life Sciences will take over Chunggei Pharmaceutical, Schnell officials said last Thursday.
“A deal seems imminent,’’ a Schnell spokesman said. ``We believe if everything works out well, we could be signing...
Omission of bridging study data clarified
The Korea Food and Drug Administration Thursday unveiled its additional guideline to waive the bridging study data on chronic myeloid leukemia and multiple myeloma.
Under the guideline, a drug manufacturer will not...
Kwon named licensing executive
The Korean-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) said last Tuesday it has appointed as its managing executive director, Kwon Oh-hoon, an expert known for his long-ranging career in the licensing and clinic...
Tonsillitis patients edge down 1.2% in 6 years
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said Thursday that the number of patients being treated with tonsillitis has shown a slight decline over the past six years.
In 2011, 8.3 million people had their t...
National assembly audit starts tomorrow
Members of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee will start a 20-day inspection on government offices from tomorrow till October 24.
Lawmakers pledged to dig into the details of allegations on predator...
Samsung is yearning to be world leader, but Korean drug makers struggle to stay afloat
What should Samsung Electronics do once its legal battle with Apple ends?
The Korean firm hopes to transform from just selling its products to becoming a market creator that sells values by pursuing another type of...
