News About: Pharm. Industry
Pharmaceutical firms set their sights on 10% sales growth in 2004
With the continued downturn in the economy affecting the pharmaceutical market in a negative way, the majority of domestic pharmaceutical firms have swifted to stable growth from rapid growth by setting their 2004 sal...
Yuhan to distribute GSK's two dental products in Korea
Yuhan Corporation said it would soon introduce into domestic pharmacy market two GlaxoSmithKline's leading products such as Sensodyne, an anticavity toothpaste and Polident, a denture cleaner, as it signed an exclusiv...
Beijing Hanmi Pharm strengthens presence in China
The business presence of Beijing Hanmi Pharm in China, of which 70 percent stake is owned by Hanmi Pharm, has expanded rapidly in the past years, partly helped by its direct marketing and localization strategies inclu...
Asia's depression symposium happened in Seoul
Over 100 representatives from doctors, health economists and policymakers in Asia gathered at Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Seoul on October 25 to study the measures of coping with adverse factors associated with de...
Otsuka Korea to launch novel antipsychotic agent "Abilify" in early next year
Otsuka Korea said it is planning to launch Abilify (aripiprazole), a new antipsychotic agent called a dopamine system stabilizer (DSS) that has a unique mechanism of action, in Korea during the early next years after ...
Med Ad News selects AstraZeneca as "Company of the Year"
AstraZeneca Korea, Korean unit of a multinational pharmaceutical firm, announced that Med Ad News, one of the pharmaceutical industry's leading business and marketing publications, selected AstraZeneca as the "2003 Ph...
Quality doubtful drugs are commonly found in the market
The Kyeongin regional KFDA conducted a survey for the drug quality against about 400 pharmacies in Inchon and Kyeonggi provincial area and found that 276 drugs from 100 manufacturers were substandard in tablet hardnes...
Cold remedy markets to stir up.
The cold remedy markets showed a serious marketing promotional competition to meet a seasonal demand amid which many cold remedies containing dextromethorphan and PPA (Phenylpropanolamine) encountered the government's...
BioKorea 2003 Exhibition opening in Coex hall.For the purpose of reminding the importance of the BT industry again and to suggest the future advanced pictures, 68 bio science related companies from 5 ntations will open "Int...
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Government's infra support imperative for new drug development
It is commonly understood that to accelerate and entice the new drug R&D the government's support for its infrastructure including the disease research facility be absolutely necessary.
The industry pointed out th...
