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Illegal practice is still prevailing
Some pharmaceutical wholesalers are found to distribute a list to provide pharmacies with a higher rate of rebates from 10 to 35 percent to illegally promote sales of medicines produced by 84 drug makers, according to...
Drugmakers to be hit by whistleblower reward program
It has been a tough challenge for health authorities to break corrupt ties between drug makers, doctors and pharmacists. There are still many medical professionals who do not feel compunction about taking rebates from...
Boryung wins patent dispute against Sanofi Aventis
Boryung Pharm has been making strides in expanding its marketing scope in promising medications by successfully winning six patent disputes.
Boryung has won a patent infringement lawsuit of Taxotere (docetaxel) it ...
Chong Kun Dang gets GMP certification
Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Co. has received the GMP (good manufacturing practice) certification from the National Sanitary Surveillance Agency of Brazil.
Penicillin antibiotic Xmoxicillin (amoxicillin + potassi...
Korean drug makers urged upgrade GMP level
Local pharmaceutical firms need to comply with international GMP (good manufacturing practice) as some products are still found to be inappropriate, according to an official at the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
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36 pharmacists run for June local elections
A total of 36 pharmacists officially registered to run in the local autonomy elections scheduled for June 2, the National Election Commission said on May 14.
The official campaigning for the elections – which will ...
Multinational firms’ advanced marketing techniques draws attention
Influenced by the government’s anti-rebate measures, more and more local pharmaceutical firms are rushing to benchmark the multinational companies’ marketing techniques, with a hope to boost their sales.
Experts p...
Clinics prefer calcium channel blockers
Many clinics tend to prescribe calcium channel blocker (CCB) in newly diagnosed hypertensive patents, while general hospitals prefer angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARB) in the meta-analyses of 42,016 without cardio...
Pharmacists’ group agrees to revised medical law
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association says it accepts a revised law that punishes doctors for shady deals with drug makers.
Under a revision to the current medical law, however, doctors will spend up to a year behi...
Government urged to promote new prescription plan
MBC TV’s News Desk, a prime time news program, has recently reported that Sweden’s new pricing and reimbursement scheme in 2002.
The program said its main features are the use of cost-effectiveness analysis for de...
