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- AstraZeneca vaccine has been approved in 121 countries
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 23, 2021 05:55am
- The most widely approved coronavirus vaccine in countries around the world was AZD1222, co-developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. AZ vaccine was the first approved COVID vaccine in Korea in February. According to the MFDS, the KOBIA, abd the national vaccine safety technology support center, AZ vaccine was approved in 121 countries a
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- Women under the age of 17 will be given Gardasil 9 for free
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Aug 23, 2021 05:55am
- President Moon Jae-in is answering directly to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the petition. He promised the government will expand the scope of free cervical cancer vaccinations from women under the current age of 12 to under the age of 17 so that all women and teenagers can receive free vaccination benefits. He said he would also make ef
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- Lyrica CR generics begin development...PMS expires next July
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 20, 2021 05:56am
- Development for generics of Pfizer’s pain reliever ‘Lyrica CR,’ whose post-market surveillance (PMS) period expires in July next year, has begun. Unlike Lyrica, which is taken twice a day, Lyrica CR is a once-daily formulation and is used for peripheral neuropathic pain in adults. With more than 80 pharmaceutical companies participatin
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- The current health insurance premium increase rate is 2.91%
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Aug 20, 2021 05:56am
- Health authorities have refuted allegations that health insurance premiums have been raised for the success of health insurance policies. The MOHW and the NHIS recently released a statement by the Korea Enterprises Federation (KEF) explaining that "reorganization, including a cap on health insurance premiums, is a reasonable and fair resul
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- Seven companies are supplying flu vaccines this year
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 20, 2021 05:55am
- SK Bioscience will focus on COVID vaccine after consulting with the KDCA. The market share of the GC Pharma is likely to increase. Two imported vaccines including Sanofi and GSK Flu vaccines, which will be distributed and sold in Korea this year, are nine items from seven companies, down three from the previous year. SK Bioscience, which had
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- Hanmi's Suvast 2.5mg has been approved
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 19, 2021 06:03am
- There was no Rosuvastatin 2.5 mg available.Hanmi has started to create a new market by pushing for the approval of combination drug. The MFDS approved Hanmi's Suvast 2.5mg on the 17th. It is Rosuvastatin 2.5mg, which is not released in Korea. It is used in primary hypercholesterol and complex hyperlipidemia. Ministry of Health, Labour and
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- PPIs benefit from ranitidine’s market removal
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Aug 19, 2021 06:03am
- With proton pump inhibitors (PPI) enjoying reflective interest in sales from the market removal of ranitidine, which was banned due to detection of the potentially carcinogenic substance NDMA(N-Nitrosodimethylamine), criticism is rising that national health insurance finances are being unnecessarily wasted. The point is that PPIs cost on
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- It plans to expand its supply of Moderna vaccines in Aug/Sep
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Aug 19, 2021 06:02am
- It plans to expand its supply of Moderna vaccines in August and September. Samsung Biologics' distribution in Korea is still pending. A government delegation to the U.S. announced the results after visiting Moderna The government received an apology from Moderna for the disruption in the domestic supply of COVID vaccines and announced tha
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- Indication extensions filed by Abilify generics increase
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Aug 18, 2021 05:51am
- After Yungjin Pharm finally succeeded in invalidating the use patent of Abilify (aripiprazole·Korea Otsuka Pharmaceutical) after 6 years of patent dispute, other generics products of Abilify are now seeking to extend its indications. The use patent that was in dispute had protected Abilify’s ‘bipolar disorder’ indication, due to which
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- Moderna apologized to the gov for the disruption in supply
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Aug 18, 2021 05:51am
- Kang Do-tae, the second vice minister of welfare, and other delegations visited the U.S. headquarters for an interview. The government visited the U.S. headquarters of Moderna that supplies the vaccine worldwide to protest against the supply disruption and ask for quick measures. The delegation, composed of Kang Do-tae, the second Vice
