News About: Pharm. Affairs
Long-term out-of-stock products, such as Norvasc 10mg, are going to revive
Experiencing long-term out-of-stock crises since the end of the last year, major products are expected to address the issue from the coming April.
Thus, it seems that concerns of pharmacies having troubles prescribin...
The oral contraceptive market seems unstable due to candidate companies that will take over ‘Mercilon’
Bayer Korea unveiled that it is having active discussions to consider the current state of the Korea market with the corrective measure of ‘Mercilon’ with its headquarters.
On the 23rd, the Fair Trade Commission (FTC...
Will the Dong Wha Pharm’s ‘Zabolante’ lead the antibiotic market?
The Dong Wha Pharm’s quinolones- type antibiotic, ‘Zabolante (zabofloxacin)’, which acquired a new drug approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on 20 March, has attracted attention of the industry. Although...
While new natural drugs are rushing, steady sellers have decreased
It is known that new natural drugs, such as the ‘Motilitone’ self-developed by Dong-A ST, the PMG’s ‘Layla’ co-marketed by Ahn-gook Pharm and the Green Cross’s ‘Shinbaro’ launched as not only a capsule but refinement,...
“For carbamazepine failures, topiramate is effective”
It is noticed that a research result has been out that patients failed to treat with carbamazepine or oxcarbazepine are able to be treated by a solo therapy of topiramate.
Janssen Korea unveiled on the 1st that a Sca...
The Roche’s ‘Avastin’ is domestically approved for the indication of cervical cancer
The indication of the targeted agent, ‘Avastin’, has domestically been approved.
Thus, Avastin (bevacizumab) is now able to jointly use either taxane-type (paclitaxel) and platinum-type (cisplatin) drugs or paclitaxe...
Concerning monopoly in the contraceptive market, Mercilon is ordered to dispose its operating section
The Fair Trade Commission (chairperson Jae-chan Jung, hereinafter referring to FTC) ordered to dispose operating sections of the MSD Koreas’ ‘Mercilon’, concerning monopoly of the Bayer Korea’s oral contraceptive.
Th...
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association requested to repeal the ‘OTC Drug Price Disclosure System’
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) raised its voice of concern on the comparison of commonly-consumed OTC drugs in black and white.
The KPA unveiled through the position statement announced on the 19th that ...
Norvasc Tab 10mg has been out of stock for a while; it put financial pressure on patient-sharing medical expenses and the National Health Insurance budget
As the Pfizer’s Norvasc Tab 10mg has been out of stock since the end of the last year, it is expected to put pressure on patient-sharing medical cost and the National Health Insurance budget.
A pharmacy in Busan has ...
The size of the obesity treatment market increased 8% up, listing Furing and Dietamin in order
The last year’s size of the obesity treatment market has increased 8% up compared to the year before. Growth of psychotropic pharmaceutical products, phentermine-type medicines, has stood out.
However, blockbuster-le...
