News About: Pharm. Industry
GSK to donate research fund to academic society of hepatitis.
President Kim Jin-ho of GSK delivered the total 140 million won of research fund to the Korea Society of Liver (President: Dr. Seo Dong-jin) on March 9. GSK has developed a therapeutic agent for the B hepatitis viral ...
Korea's second-generation CEOs urged to create new management philosophy environments
In the domestic pharmaceutical sector where a great number of drug makers are struggling with less profitability amid protracted business slump, there are widespread voices that unlike the predecessors preoccupied wit...
GSK Korea sponsored symposia for Avandamet
GSK Korea said it has sponsored symposia in commemoration of launching in Korea of Avandamet tablet (rosiglitazone maleate + metformin), type 2 diabetes medication, from next month.
For more convenient prescription...
Revenue in National Health Insurance Corporation moving toward positive terrain
The National Health Insurance Corporation posted the cumulative surplus of 629.7 billion won in its January and February revenues (377.0 billion wo...
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Novartis Korea to import Lamisil in finished form.
So far Lamisil, an anti-fungal drug, was locally manufactured by Novartis Korea but it's 125mg strength will be imported in a finished package form from Mar. 4 this year.
The package unit of Lamisil was 100 tablet...
Dong-A Pharm would likely join vitamin-C drink market
Pharmaceutical business sources said that Dong-A Pharm is expected to launch a new vitamin-C drink sooner or later as part of its plan to expand market share, posing a threat to small manufacturers which have so far d...
AstraZeneca and Takeda Chemical promote Atacan's landmark clinical trials
AstraZeneca announced on March 4 that the large-scale DIabetic REtinopathy Candesartan Trials (DIRECT) was completed in February.
The DIRECT Programme, conducted and jointly sponsored by AstraZeneca and Takeda Chem...
KHIDI to support patent applications for novel technologies.
KHIDI (President: Lee Kyeong-ho) will support for a new patent application of novel technologies related with health industries developed in research institutes, universities, or health industrial corporations (except...
Education program for health functional food experts.
Health Functional Food Association (HFFA) will open the 3rd and 4th expert training course following its successful accomplishment of the lst and 2nd courses.
The Expert Training Course will invite health functio...
Genexol inj. applicable to stomach cancer as additional indication
Samyang Corporation said that Genexol (paclitaxel) inj., a chemotherapy that is given as a treatment for some types of cancer such as ovarian, breast and non-small cell lung cancer, was approved from the Korea Food an...
