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Korean medicines deemed expensive: survey
A recent survey of 907 Korean doctors showed that Korean medicines are expensive by global standards.
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) reported recently 64.3 percent of surveyed doctors sai...
Drug logistics cooperative to be approved in May
New drug logistics cooperative aimed at promoting further growth of domestic small and medium pharmaceutical wholesalers will likely approved in May, according to the Small and Medium Business Administration (SMBA).
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108 drug firms yet to submit acceptance note of returned goods, KPA says
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association released a list of domestic and foreign drugmakers Tuesday that have so far failed to give their acceptance note of returned goods to the association, drawing an angry response fr...
New executives to head KPMA
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said Monday it will announce a list of new executives, which has been delayed since the nomination of its new president Yoon Suk-geun on Feb. 23.
The association w...
NIH Cohort Forum to be promoted
The government has unveiled its plan to establish a BioBank that would collect the genetic information of more than half a million people by 2012, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCD...
New cancer pill gives hope and strategy
Pfizer Korea’s just-launched drug Xalkori (crizotinib), the first new medicine for deadly lung cancer, proves the value of precisely targeting rare diseases linked to gene variants, cancer specialists said.
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Green Cross sets overseas sales target at $100 million
Green Cross Corporation, the leading Korean drug manufacturer, has set its sales target at $100 million abroad this year, according to the company.
“We set this year’s overseas sales target at $100 million at up 25...
Panic disorder in middle-aged population on rise
Panic disorder among the middle-aged population is rising, the National Health Insurance Corporation revealed Monday.
The number of people treated for panic disorder marked 59,000 in 2011, up 24,000 from five years...
Health Ministry preparing to counterclaim in suit
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is preparing its counterclaim over the arguments of four pharmaceutical firms in a suit to be held on March 28.
The four drug firms, including Ilsung and Dalim Biotech, lodged a s...
13 heath care providers to run in parliamentary elections
A total of 13 doctors and pharmacists will run in the April 11 National Assembly elections on the main parties’ tickets, the National Election Commission said Friday.
The candidates include four pharmacists, six do...
