- Company
- Champix, conclusion of patent disputes imminent
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Dec 17, 2019 06:34am
- A patent dispute over the Champix(Vareniclin) marks the end. The Patent Court has announced that it will issue a judgment on a patent dispute related to the Champix on the 20th , 4 days later. The result of the Champix patent dispute attracted interest in that it could see the future of domestic salt-modifying drugs after the so-called
- Opinion
- [Column] Self-injectable drug abuse, is SPD the answer?
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Dec 17, 2019 01:40am
- Self-injectable obesity treatment Saxenda has been under fire constantly, because the obesity treatment has been abused as a weight management injection generating not only safety concerns but also questionable profit for the interest group. Apparently, the government said it would provide answer to it in November. Some likely suggestion
- Company
- Venture capital investment on bio sector breaks record again
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Dec 16, 2019 10:55pm
- The new investment volume in pharmaceutical and bio industry is expected to mark the highest figure in the history, despite multiple risks occurred in the year. Following last year’s record-breaking volume, this year’s investment volume is to break the last year’s record. Korean Venture Capital Association (KVCA) recently published a Vent
- Company
- Huons, challenges localization of Hyaluronidase
- by Lee, Seok-Jun Dec 16, 2019 10:55pm
- Huons Group will challenge the global hyaluronidase market worth &8361;3 trillion. HuonsLab, a bio research and development company specializing in Huons Group, announced on 16th that it has signed a commissioned research agreement contract with Panzen, a cell line development company, to develop ‘human gene recombinant hyaluronidase’ cel
- Company
- Collapse of Cialis, 6th place in 4 years
- by An, Kyung-Jin Dec 16, 2019 06:21am
- The market position of Cialis, which squeezed the market for erectile dysfunction with Viagra, was greatly reduced. In the aftermath of the generic drug market by domestic pharmaceutical companies, sales shrank to one-third of patent expiration. The share rank has changed from 1st to 6th place four years ago. Generic products such as 'Palp
- Company
- Industry feels growing pressure on metformin risk
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Dec 16, 2019 06:21am
- The pharmaceutical industry’s concern over metformin impurity contamination is growing. The industry’s eyes are focused on the government’s action following its ongoing metformin usage status review. Some of pharmaceutical companies are promptly equipping themselves with impurity analyzer a self-testing. ◆MFDS initiates metformin
- Policy
- Exclusivity for Galvus’ generics applied Aug 2021
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Dec 13, 2019 11:00pm
- As expected, Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutical obtained the approval for exclusivity for generic product as Galvus (Vildagliptin), a diabetes treatment of DPP-4. The MFDS designated the priority sale items for Ahn-Gook Vildagliptin Tablet 50mg of Ahn-Gook Pharmaceutical and Ahn-Gook Newpharrm Vilagliptin Tablet 50mg of its subsidiary Ahn-Gook Newpha
- Company
- Bayer Korea appoints Freda Lin as a new President
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Dec 13, 2019 10:59pm
- Bayer Korea has announced an appointment of Freda Ta-Ling Lin as a new President , starting from Jan. 1, 2020. The Korean branch’s top executive position has been vacant since the former President Ingrid Drechsel transferred to Bayer’s Turkish branch. From October, Bayer Korea’s Pharmaceuticals division has been managed by Lee Jina, a
- Company
- Boryung Holdings appoints Kim Jung Gyun as New CEO
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Dec 13, 2019 10:59pm
- Boryung Holdings recently convened a board meeting and appointed Chief Operating Officer Kim Jung Gyun as the new Chief Executive Officer. Joined Boryung Pharmaceutical in 2014 as a director, the new CEO Kim Jung Gyun served in Strategic Planning team, Production Management team, Human Resources team and was appointed as an executive di
- Company
- MFDS to wait and see self-test results on metformin
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Dec 13, 2019 06:34am
- The government seems to have decided to encourage pharmaceutical companies to run their own impurity contamination test on metformin drugs. Unlike the ranitidine and nizatidine incidents, the government means to wait and see the companies’ self-investigation results, rather than to take an action by itself. Basically, metformin would be th
