News About: Pharm. Affairs
‘Jardiance’ challenges first cardiovascular disease prevention as antidiabetic
‘Jardiance’ challenges to secure the ‘cardiovascular disease prevention’ indication for the first time as a diabetes drug.
According to the industry concerned on the 27th, Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly turned in app...
‘Sitagliptin,’ DPP- inhibitors acquire exclusive sale rights
Some of drugs having ‘sitagliptin,’ an antidiabetic substance, acquired the exclusive sale right.
On the 22nd, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety granted 3 products of ‘sitagliptin phosphate hydrate+metformin hydro...
This year’s fair competition among statin/ezetimibe complexes
Fierce competition is expected among complex drugs owning the strong function of inhibiting cholesterol with the combination of statin and ezetimibe.
In particular, the three-way fight – Chong Kun Dang which acquired...
Explosive growth of antidiabetic SGLT-2 inhibitors, exceeding KRW 10 billion sales
Antidiabetic SGLT-2 inhibitors have continued explosive growths.
Currently, drugs which have been launched in the market with the health insurance benefit are AstraZeneca’s ‘Forxiga’ and Astellas’s Suglat.
When it c...
Will patient-sharing expense exemption of tuberculosis treatment lead growth of its market?
Korea will establish a foundation to remove dishonor of staying at a higher rank in the tuberculosis incident.
In accordance with the Ministry of Health and Welfare’s presidential work report regarding ‘personalized ...
Some of Januvia generics acquire ‘exclusive sales right’
Some of pharmaceutical companies owning generics of antidiabetic Januvia(sitagliptin), a DPP-4 inhibitor, acquired the exclusive sale right. They are sitagliptin single products, sitagliptin-metformin complexes and si...
Followed by Lyrica, original Glivec wins aagainst domestic companies over its use patent
Followed by the one of Lyrica, the use patent of ‘Glivec,’ a targeted anticancer drug, was ruled to be accepted.
Due to the ruling that dismissed the nullity trial of the use patent filed by domestic companies on GIS...
Hot-selling ‘Tamiflu’ after the issue of influenza watch
After the influenza watch on the 14th, demand for Tamiflu was observed to increase around the capital area.
While the entire pharmaceutical sales was decreased by the cold wave, particularly, the demand for Tamifly w...
Classified(?) change process of emergency contraception to OTC
As the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) has started to review the change of ‘emergency contraception(morning after pill)’ to OTC even without the process of collecting public opinions, the medical industry has e...
Love of foreign pharmacy customers on Chungsimwon, medicated patches and toothpastes
The pharmacy field, where foreign workers and tourists visits during holiday seasons, gets busy fulfilling specific products.
This is because not only foreign workers, but tourists from other countries, such as China...
