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Supermarkets to sell household medicines
Civic groups have called for the government to allow supermarket and other drug stores to sell several household medicines, such as digestive pills and cough drops.
25 civic groups including the Health and Welfare ...
KPMA names vice president
Kim Yeon-pan, incumbent vice chairman of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Co., has been named as the new vice president of the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.
So far, the KPMA has delayed the announcement of h...
Higher card fee angers wholesalers
Pharmaceutical wholesalers Thursday urged some pharmacies to receive an exclusive credit card for wholesalers in order to curb what they are calling unreasonably high general plastic card commission fees.
The credi...
KT Commerce gears up for buying service marketing
KT Commerce, local e-commerce business provider, said Thursday it received an order of drug related supplies and MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Operating) for 12 pharmaceutical firms within Hyangnam Industrial Complex. ...
New combination therapy for Plavix draws keen attention
Domestic pharmaceutical firms, Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical and Hanmi Pharmaceutical, have paid their keen attention to the ongoing regulatory screening for the new combination drug for Sanofi-Aventis’s Plavix.
So...
Civic organization opposes DTC advertising of prescription drugs
A civic group as well as the medical camp is vehemently opposing the proposed the direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs by the Korea Communications Commission.
The opposition came after the largest c...
Pharmaceutical companies stalling on new plans
Reflecting increasing market uncertainty in the domestic market, pharmaceutical drug makers are still delaying the formulation of their business plans for this year.
Companies usually flesh out their sales targets...
Pharmaceutical products to emerge as leading stock
Medicines will rise as the new leading theme of the stock market in the second half of this year, said an analyst Kim Shin-hee of IBK Securities.
She said pharmaceutical stocks will pull up the market as institutio...
Hanall wins Korean patent for non-PVC TPN bag
Hanall Pharma said Wednesday it obtained Korean patent for non-PVC bag intended for use in total parenteral nutrition (TPN).
The new two-bag TPN container enhances significantly both the efficiency and the safety o...
Supermarket sales of over-the-counter drugs are not easy job, lawmaker says
Rep. Won Hee-mok of the ruling Grand National Party said that the controversial issue on whether to allow sales of over-the-counter drugs at supermarkets needs prudence, citing risks of increasing drug abuse or misuse...
