News About: Pharm. Industry
Drug industry lifting upward for pharmacy business.
A growing number of pharmaceutical companies tried to increase more pharmacy business, showing that the pharmaceutical company wholesales turned far favorable figures during the first half of this year.
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Korea Heart Health Street Tour Campaign takes off
Bayer HealthCare Korea announced its 30-day Korea Heart Health street tour campaign in Seoul and Kyunggi Province between November 18 to December 17 in order to draw warning on the possible risk of cardiovascular dise...
KPIC defies new drug pricing plan
The Korea Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperative has reaffirmed their intention to oppose a new positive list system, while calling for the government to protect the benefits of small- and medium-sized drug companies.
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Red ginseng to go on sale at pharmacy
Ichesarang, a local health food maker, said on November 16 it signed an exclusive agreement with Korea Ginseng Corporation to distribute the former's best-selling 'Cheong-Kwan-Jang red ginseng to pharmacies in the fir...
Earnings in pharmaceutical sector seen positive
Amid depressed OTC demand and a slumping economy, sales by pharmaceutical firms have been gradually gaining momentum from this year, thanks to their aggressive marketing in flagship products.
According to Yakup Shi...
Mutual collaboration is key to Korea's successful new drug development
There is mounting consensus in domestic pharmaceutical industry that the breakthrough for better competitiveness of Korean pharmaceutical firms in the global arena is to ensure the efficiency of R&D spending through a...
Sanofi-Aventis Korea launches sustained-release form of sodium valproateDepakine Chronosphere (sodium vaproate), a new sustained-release sachet formulation for the treatment of epilepsy, has been launched from November 1, according to Sanofi-Aventis...
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Positive list system may cause to exit long life drugs.
The new NHI reimbursement drug pricing system, called the positive list system may raise primarily for the long living and top seller drugs to exit from the markets.
Mr. Hwang Sang-yeon, an analyst of Mirae Asset S...
KPMA calling for a pilot test of positive list system first.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) suggested that a public administration guidance and a system development should be preceded to the adoption of the positive list system so that the people coul...
GSK seeks marketing approval for lapatinib ditosylate
Last month, GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) announced the submission of a Marketing Authorization Application to the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for approval to market Tykerb (lapatinib ditosylate) in combination with ...
