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Regional wholesalers suspend speedy courier service
The controversial speedy delivery service of drugs has been completely stopped from August 16, according to wholesalers in Busan and South Kyungsang Province.
Instead, wholesalers’ salespersons are busy in coping w...
Number of obstetricians falls short in Korea
Many hospitals are suffering from a shortage of obstetricians, but the deficiency is expected to get worse as residents tend to avoid the obstetric field.
According to the Korean Society of Obstetrics and Gynecolog...
Plans aims to help patients’ rights
Aimed at protecting patients’ rights fully, the government yesterday published a guidebook that can be easily adopted in all medical facilities.
Under the guideline, patients’ personal information cannot be shared ...
Local drugmakers to challenge Baraclude in generics fight
Korean pharmaceutical firms are gearing up to enter the 100 billion won anti-hepatitis B drug market as the patent of the market leader, Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)’s Baraclude (entecavir), is to expire in 2015.
The...
Gilead’s Viread to be covered by health insurance
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said Monday that it would list Gilead Sciences’ Viread (tenofovir) into the positive list from November, as the US based company’s Korean exclusive distributor Yuhan Co...
Bill on DUR in legislature is one of 75 to be deliberated
The National Assembly will pass a bunch of bills, Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program, within this month as the floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties agreed to open a voting session
The ruling Saenu...
Institute Pasteur’s annual BOD meeting to be held
Institut Pasteur Korea (IP-Korea) said Monday it will host the 45th board of directors meeting of the Institut Pasteur International Network at its auditorium at Gyeonggi Province, from September 24 and 26.
Accordi...
Ildong to export pharmaceutical raw materials to Indonesia
Ildong Pharmaceutical said last Friday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with PT. SRI AMAN of Indonesia to export raw materials of vitamin, including thiamine disulfide, at the 2012 Bio Korea Conference and ...
Multinational firms’ investment analyzed by KHIDI
The following analysis on Korea’s foreign investment outcomes has been made by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) that successfully hosted the seventh Bio Korea Conference and Exhibition at Ilsan ...
Pharmaceutical firms struggle to stay afloat
Korea’s pharmaceutical industry has been dominated by multinational companies over the past several years, with local firms acting mainly as a distribution channel.
Although Korean drug companies have introduced 19...
