News About: Pharm. Industry
Samjin new anti-AIDS compound attracting academic interests.
Samjin Pharm. announced on May 15 that the company made a technical licensing out agreement for a new drug of AIDS therapy with ImQuest, an American new drug R&D company.
ImQuest delivered a presentation on the su...
Sanofi campaign for no osteoporosis for mothers and daughters.
Sanofi-Aventis Korea has launched a promotional campaign called "free osteoporosis test campaign for both of mothers and daughters" at 20 hospitals across the nation starting from May until July 11.
The campaign ha...
Pfizer Korea campaign for no smoking event on teacher's day
Amid growing public interests in no smoking recently Pfizer Korea pharmaceutical consumer's group made a special marketing promotional campaign for "No smoking" on the occasion of celebrating "Day of Teacher" on May 1...
Positive list system nothing to do with idle stock issue.
An opinion reveals that it is not correct to assume for the analysis on the positive list system adversely to affect the idle stock problems at retail pharmacy.
The KPMA said that the idle drug stock arose from the...
Korea United to register patent of anti-fungal terbinafine
Korea United announced that the company completed the patent registration for a new terbinafine manufacturing process, an excellent anti-fungal drug.
Terbinafine is water insoluble and therefore has been attempted ...
CoQ10 preparations flooded in the markets.
So called next generation vitamin, Co-enzyme Q10 (hereinafter called CoQ10) is now drawing hot interests for consumers in this month of "Family", claiming that it greatly promotes health by boosting its blood level wh...
Positive list system giving fatal blow to minor drug companies
The Korea Pharmaceutical Industry Cooperation (Chairman: Park Jae-don) (KPIC) took an urgent directorate meeting on May 9 and announced strongly to oppose the government's positive list system by illustrating many pro...
Dongwon said "no packaged drug purchase program"
Dongwon, one of the large drug wholesale group, said that the group did not consider any packaged drug purchase system at all.
A related member of Dongwon said on May 10 that Daegu Dongwon would purchase whole stoc...
CKD to celebrate the 65th anniversary
Chongkundang celebrated the 65th anniversary at Cheon-an plant on May 4 in presence of chairman Lee Jang-han and all company executives and staffs.
Chairman Lee said in his ceremonial remarks "I deeply appreciated ...
KFDA to scrutinize 35 drug makers on anti-appetite drugs.
The KFDA plans to conduct a one-month intensive investigation against 35 drug makers of selling an anti-appetite drug including Phentermin, a psychotropic drug.
The Narcotic drug control squad of KFDA is gong to in...
