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Dong-A sponsored symposium on once-daily Zydena
Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. says it has sponsored Zydena (udenafil) 50mg Daily Symposium in Seoul on November 1 and 3, during which 250 local urologists attended.
According to Dong-A, it has recently completed a 240 pa...
Lee Hae-sook elected president of Korean Pharmacist Association
Lee Hae-sook, a chief pharmacist at Seoul National University, has been elected as the 21st Korean Society of Health System Pharmacist 's president, it was learned on November 5.
Lee was in a competition with Song ...
SK Chemicals moves to eco-friendly building
In order to achieve its second quantum leap, SK Chemicals moved its laboratory to an environmentally friendly building having an address of 686 Sampyung-dong, Budang-gu, Sungnam City.
The state-of-the-SK Chemicals ...
Kwak comeback to CJ
Kwak Dal-won, former president of KD Pharmtech, has rejoined CJ Cheil Jedang as general manager of medical and marketing unit from November 1.
Kwak, a graduate of Sung Kyun Kwan University, began his career at CJ C...
GSK to increase R&D spending in Korea
The U.K. based GlaxoSmithKline plans to increase its investment to develop new drugs in Korea because its Korean operation carries out an increasing number of multinational clinical tests, and because GSK is already p...
US midterm elections results 2010 likely to affect local biosimilars
Since the Republicans registered thumping victories in congressional elections, they have intensified their opposition to President Barack Obama’s healthcare reform of 2010. GOP leaders have again started speaking abo...
Health ministry to scrap unified distribution system
In spite of the local wholesalers’ petition and protest rallies, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering lifting the controversial unified distribution system at the end of this year.
In a statement to th...
KFDA to ease importation of fentanyl transdermal patch
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to liberalize the importation of fentanyl transdermal patches whose market has been dominated by Janssen Korea.
“We are positively considering lifting the importation ba...
Korea may speed development of new drugs
Local drugmakers should focus on lead compounds that have been discontinued in early clinical stage, to elevate the success rate of new drugs’ development, said a local professor.
In a scientific seminar, Professor...
Questionnaires of survey baffle pharmacists
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association on November 4 made public some questionnaires of a survey that include doctor’s demand in the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice.
The questionna...
