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Ilyang’s novel antiviral compounds presented at international conference
Data of new antiviral compounds, which were jointly developed by Ilyang Pharmaceutical and Hallym University, was presented at the 31st annual meeting of the American Society for Virology on July 22 at the University ...
Daewoong forges strategic tie-up with Takeda
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Tuesday that it has signed with Takeda Korea to exclusively distribute Takeda’s Instanyl (fentanyl) in Korea.
Instanyl is a prescribed intranasal fentanyl spray for the management of br...
LG, AstraZeneca to co-market Vimovo in Korea
LG Life Sciences (LGLC) and AstraZeneca Korea (AZK) Tuesday announced that the two companies have signed an agreement to co-market AZK’s Vimovo tablets from next month in Korea.
Vimovo contains a combination of eso...
Celltrion gets first biosimilar approval
Celltrion Inc., a local biopharmaceutical company, announced Monday that it has won the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)’s approval to produce Korea’s first antibody biosimilar ‘Remsima’ after seven years of ...
Biosimilars to vitalize Korea's drug industry
Soaring research costs, rampant illicit rebates and a gushing inflow of multinational drug giants following free trade pacts have come together to ignite the biggest crisis in years in Korea’s pharmaceutical industry....
Labeling change cause stirs at pharmacy
With the recently revised drug labeling regulation, pharmacies are unable to sell Panpyrin Q and Pancold S as a single bottle.
This cause much inconvenience on the part of pharmacy owners and customers.
The gove...
KFDA advises labeling change of salcatonin medicines
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it instructed 11 pharmaceutical companies producing salcatonin preparations to add the following statements to the package inserts of 14 salcatonin medicines:...
Choi Yong-bum named marketing director of AstraZenecaChoi Yong-bum, incumbent executive managing director of AstraZeneca Korea, has been named as AstraZeneca headquarters’ global marketing sales director to lead the whole circulat...
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Government to back pharmaceutical sector
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will unveil its plan to spur domestic pharmaceutical industry through the creation of a large-scale R&D fund over the next five years.
The pharmaceutical industry is closely watch...
Court rules against pharmacy management fee
A court on Friday dismissed a cancellation suit filed by an association of pharmacists in Seoul against the Ministry of Health and Welfare for slashing the pharmacy management fee.
The Seoul Higher Court noted that...
