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Korean Pharmaceutical Association to conduct survey
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association announced Tuesday that it will survey about 2 million people who make their visits to pharmacies nationwide to know their reactions over supermarket’s sales of over-the-counter (O...
Film type Viagra to go on sale next year
A film type of Pfizer’s Viagra will be available on the domestic market in the first half of next year, according to a local drug firm.
Jinyang Pharma said recently it will carry out Phase I trial for such drug aft...
Ildong to market Shionogi’s pirfenidone in Korea
Ildong Pharmaceutical said Tuesday that it entered into a licensing agreement with Shionogi & Co., Ltd. on May 30 for the sale of pirfenidone in Korea on an exclusive basis.
Following the execution of agreement, Il...
Dongwha, Chong Kun Dang grow fast in generic drug market
With Korean pharmaceutical companies struggling to boost up their sluggish sales in the domestic ethical market, Dongwha Pharmaceutical is leading any others, with its sales growth exceeding 19 percent in the first qu...
Pharmaceutical companies’ sales likely to hit snag in next quarter
The local pharmaceutical industry is expected to suffer significant sales loss due to tightening regulations and other negative factors.
Tough regulations and intense competition at home means that firms have to lo...
Incentive drugs for substitute dispensing top 4,339
A total of 4,339 incentive drugs, which have been endorsed by bioequivalence tests, are available for substitute dispensing, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Services said Monday.
The drug agency said the...
GSK supplies 100 million doses of Rotarix vaccine worldwide
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced recently that over 100 million doses of its rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, have been delivered since its first launch in 2007, reflecting that around 50 million children in 120 countries h...
Zuellig Pharma Korea opens online shopping mall for drugs
Zuellig Pharma Korea has introduced an online shopping mall for domestic wholesalers and pharmacies to book prescription drugs and over-the-counter medicines simultaneously. The sales order processing is available at ...
Dong-A’s chairman Kang hesitant to sell Bacchus-D at non-drug stores
The possible reclassification of 48 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs as “quasi-drugs,” is seen as a much needed move for the industry and Dong-A Pharmaceutical, but the latter is still hesitant to use the new outlets in f...
Dong-A, GSK unable to agree on product swap
Dong-A Pharmaceutical and GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the world’s third largest pharmaceutical firm by revenue, are said to end their negotiations to exchange their healthcare products, such as Polident, Sensodyne and Garg...
