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‘Tamifly’ generics approved the most with 122 products this year
A substance which made the highest number of generics this year was oseltamivir phosphate(product name: Tamiflu) with 122 products.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the number of medicines approved...
“It is hard to reveal distribution information for each medicine”
In regards to the serial number system, it was reportedly hard to reveal pharmaceutical distribution companies’ distribution information for each medicine product since they are considered as a business secret.
The H...
Super bacterial spreads for about 3k cases only in 4 months with no antibody for treatment
While antibiotic resistance infection called ‘super bacteria’ has created a huge issue in the health care field, there is no drug to treat it in the field and patients have no choice but to give up the therapy, which ...
Distributors’ appealed fatigue from repeated arguments with pharma manufacturers
“It is common to work overnight every last day of month.”
As drug prices are frequently cut, pharmaceutical distribution companies handle orders from pharmacies on every last day of month. Once done with the process,...
Unstoppable antidiabetic ‘Zemiglo’ passing KRW 7 billion prescriptions a month
‘Zemiglo,’ a novel antidiabetic developed for the first time in Korea, passed KRW 7 billion prescriptions a month.
According to UBIST, a pharmaceutical information company, LG Chem’s ‘Zemiglo’ passed KRW 7 billion ou...
Phase III clinical trials accounted for the most of total clinical trials in Korea
Since the number of approvals for clinical trial plan was rapidly increasing for the past several years, it is now common to hear ‘clinical trial’ around us.
Thus, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) analyzed ...
Yuhan Corporation, Green Cross and Hanmi Pharm had ‘decent’ business performance in 3rd quarter
The ‘Top5’ pharmaceutical companies have shown a good condition in sales performance in this year’s 3rd quarter.
On the 31st, the ‘Big3’ pharmaceutical companies(Yuhan Corporation, Green Cross and Hanmi Pharm based o...
‘Health care providers opening a medical institute are impossible to practice medical services at another medical institute’
An interpretation was made that a health care provider who opened his/her own medical institute cannot treat a patient at other medical institutes even by a request from the patient or the patient’s guardian.
The Min...
66 pharmacies increased in Seoul this year, 15 pharmacies only in Gangnam-gu
This year, the number of pharmacies in the Seoul area was increased by 66, and 15 of them were only in Gangnam-gu. Also, Gamgnam-gu(420 pharmacies)) had about 3 times more pharmacies than Dobong-gu(118 pharmacies), a ...
Variety of excuses to delay and reject payments for drug return
Pharmaceutical companies are reportedly using various schemes to delay and reject to make payments for drug returns.
According to the pharmaceutical distribution industry, it is common for a pharmaceutical company to...
