News About: Pharm. Industry
Inflexal V, a flu vaccine to launch in second half of 2005.
Green Cross Vaccine announced to get the KFDA approval of Inflexal V, an influenza vaccine developed by Berna Biotech Inc. in 1997 (Inflexal V free filled syringe, an influenza surface antigen-virozome vaccine), and p...
Whail pharmaceutical took over GSK antibiotic plant.
Whail pharmaceutical inc, announced on June 22 to make a contract with GSK to buy GSK's plant of producing cephalosporin antibiotics located in the Banwol industrial park addressed at 454-3 Mokraedong, Danwon-Ku, Ahns...
Cellbiotech agreed with Geo-Young for product supplies.
Cellbiotech agreed with Geo Young, a pharmaceutical wholesaler, on June 20 for the supply of their lactobacillus products and others.
Cellbiotech, a lactobacillus product specialized company, can use the distributi...
Sandoz being top generic drug maker by merger of Hexal.
Hexal Korea, the first import company of generic drugs in Korea, launched its business in January this year but will be soon renamed to Sandoz Korea probably around the 2nd half of this year since Novartis took over H...
Eloxatine adjuvant therapy for advanced colorectal cancer.
The KFDA approved Sanofi-Aventis' Eloxatin, a colorectal cancer treatment, on June 15 for an adjuvant treatment in combination with the standard therapy after the surgical operation of advanced colorectal patient, whi...
Adoption of drug economy appraisal too early.
The pharmaceutical industry group made it clear that the adoption of the appraisal system for the drug economy should be proceeded and implemented after a required preparatory period for full consensus of the relevant...
Clinical data to cross recognize between Korea and Japan.
The pharmaceutical manufacturers associations of Korea and Japan have acknowledged that the mutual recognition of clinical study data would make an important process for commercializing a new drug.
The Korean and ...
More quasi-drugs to threaten pharmacy health functional food business.
The retail pharmacy community opposed to the government expansion policy of quasi-drugs in fear of adverse impact on the health functional food business in the pharmacy markets.
The government expansion plans for q...
Big deals among wholesaler's sales staffs.
A rumor is floating in the market that a big deal may happen to most of drug wholesaler's sales staffs, implying that the wholesaler's salesmen personally rather than the wholesaler company might move out to other reg...
Schering's website for Diane35 to open.
Schering Korea opened a website www.diane35.co.kr for Diane, a contraceptive drug containing a friendly information about the contraception and the contraceptive pill, describing more soft touch for young women.
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