News About: Pharm. Industry
OTC drug makers boost broadcasting ads
Domestic pharmaceutical makers are seeking ways to make the best of broadcasting media to promote their OTC products, according to the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA).
The association noted in...
12 drug makers likely to file complaint against data fabrication
A total number of 12 local pharmaceutical firms are threatening to lodge their complaints against the cancellation of their generic products, following the recent announcement of the Korea Food and Drug Administration...
Prescription drug sales good but OTCs poor in 1/2 of 2006.
Overall pharmaceutical business growth during the first half of 2006 showed a sharp rising trend with the prescription drugs rather than the OTC drugs.
Yakup Press survey revealed that most of local pharmaceutical ...
Dong-A's epirubicin wins COS certification
Dong-A Pharm said its achieved epirubicin HCl has acquired a COS (Certification of Suitability of Monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia) certification from the European Directorate for the Quality Medicines on June...
Drug expenditures to save 30% when locally developed.
How much drug expenditures could make saving when locally developed drugs for the equivalent original foreign drugs are substituted?
By taking Hanmi's case into account, the 10 billion won of local drug sales by su...
Pharmaceutical issue in second FTA talks
The United States is working on the issue with the drug pricing based on the positive list system in the ongoing talks of the free trade agreement (FTA) with Korea, likely putting a brake on the nation's health reform...
KICOX are enticing 13 pharmaceutical firms in Osong
KICOX said it signed an agreement with 13 pharmaceutical firms for their entry of Osong Life Sciences Complex, an advanced base for the 21st century technology-oriented heath industry that is under construction.
Th...
Can RFID system guarantee distribution transparency?
It is in controversy whether the MOHW's new RFID system could make a successful test project, which was designed to prevent any counterfeited or faked drugs as well as to improve the drug distribution transparency, bu...
Allergan's Restasis is enjoying popularity in local eye-care market
Allergan's Restasis (cyclosporine ophthalmic emulsion 0.05%) is successfully established in the local eye-care market with full recognition from doctors and customers, as its 10,000 trays were already sold in April fo...
OTC drug production on the rise since medical reforms.
The production of OTC drugs shows a rising trend despite the slow OTC market shares according to the KPMA 2005 report.
The report said that the total production of OTC drugs amounted to 2,664,900 MW, which was 4.5%...
