News About: Pharm. Industry
Ahngook to set up research center for natural products
Ahngook Pharm said recently that it will establish another research center to step up its efforts to develop higher value-added preparations by evaluating the usefulness of a
variety of natural products in collabora...
CJ joins anti-obesity market
CJ Corporation has jumped onto the bandwagon of sibutramine market for which demand is growing fast.
CJ said on August 1 that it launched Diatramine (sibutramine) capsule as major competitors Hanmi Pharm, Daewoong ...
Yuhan shares once hit 200,000 won
Shares of Yuhan Corporation, one of the leading pharmaceutical firms in Korea, briefly surpassed 200,000-won level on August 3 thanks to robust sales of Levanex, a homegrown antiulcerant, opening a new chapter for the...
Yungjin stock price to close maximum gains on July 30.
A closing stock price of Yungjin on July 30 showed a maximum gain at 2,290 won per share, which was 295 won more hike to the previous day.
Yungjin officially disclosed an exaggerated accounting of the revenue for 3...
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Boryung wins patent nullification trial over oxaliplatin
A patent trial board said it had ruled against a liquid form of Eloxatin patent owned by Sanofi-Aventis in its nullification trial which had been sought by Borung Pharm on April, 2006.
The board said in its ruling ...
Boehringer Ingelheim Korea sold Cheongju plant to SK chemcial.
Boehringer Ingelheim Korea agreed to sell out its plant located in Cheongju city to SK Chemical Inc. on July 25.
Boehringer said that the plant sale was a company policy of relocating the world production to a poin...
Daewoong to launch a wound healing patch, Easyderm.
Daewoong announced to launch Easyderm, a moisturizing patch to heal wounds without remaining any scars containing EGF, which was originally developed by Daewoong as the first new drug and extended its indications to a...
Korea, Japan forge partnership on bridging study
Korea and Japan agreed to exchange views on ways to cooperate on the multinational bridging study.
The two countries held a working-level workshop for bilateral cooperation in Seoul on July 18, the Korea Food and D...
SK Chemicals denies acquisition of Ildong Pharm
"It's not true that our company would take over Ildong Pharm," said SK Chemicals in a regulatory filing on July 27.
Nevertheless, a top executive of SK Chemicals said on July 26 that it is seeking to take over Ildo...
