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DMF system to cover all pharmaceutical raw materials
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering implementing the full drug master file system to cover all of the drug related ingredients, while scrapping the duplicate approval or notification system of pharma...
CJ Cheil Jedang, RaQualia join hands for acid pump antagonist
CJ Cheil Jedang said on September 3 that it has signed a licensing agreement with RaQualia Pharma Inc, a Japanese pharmaceutical venture, granting CJ exclusive rights to RaQualia’s acid pump Antagonists (RQ-00000004, ...
Korea United selected in Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" list
Korea United Pharmaceutical has continued to members of Forbes Asia's "Best Under A Billion" list for the second consecutive year, even as 151 new companies have made their maiden appearance on the list this year.
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Amosartan wins Jang Young Sil Award
Hanmi Pharm’s Amorsartan, a combination drug of amlodipine camsylate and losartan potassium, has won IR52 Jang Young Sil Award for its contribution in upgrading the country’s drug technologies and in expanding oversea...
Government to designate sibutramine as misuse or overuse drug
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is soon considering designating weight loss drugs, such as sibutraime or orlistat, as there is a risk that these medicines may induce overuse or misuse.
The drug agency comple...
Health experts raise concern over drug side-effects
Many health experts warned that overuse or misuse of the liquid can be fatal and that doctors should take extra care with it, state-funded broadcaster KBS said in a program aired on September 1.
Siting several drug...
Drug on market to be re-evaluated every 5 years
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced on September 3 that medicines belonging to five therapeutic categories, which was/will be approved within 2013, will be re-evaluated once per year in keeping abreast of...
Wholesalers rally for scrapping of unified distribution system
Wholesalers rallied on September 2 in opposition of the government's attempt to scrap the controversial unified distribution system.
A total of 300 wholesalers joined throughout the country urged the Health Ministr...
Debate reignited over quality of vitamin
A local vitamin maker’s advertisement in a daily paper kicked off a debate over the origin of vitamin C ingredients.
The Korea Eundan claimed in the advertisement that the company is the only maker who has produced...
Samwon strengthen strategic business tie-ups with pharmaceutical firms
Samwon Pharm, a Busan based wholesaler, is reinforcing its drug logistics business with GlaxoSmithKline, Handok Pharm and Choong-wae Pharm.
Samwon said on September 1 that the company is boosting vaccine related bu...
