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Mong Kok ginseng store
Maria SantosGeneral

Three arrested at Mong Kok ginseng store

Hong Kong Customs officers have arrested three Mong Kok ginseng store staff, charging them with making false representations. Hong Kong Customs officers have arrested three Mong Kok ginseng store staff, charging them with making false representations during…

Vietnam drug Store
Wei ZhangLiving

Vietnam cracks down on drugstores selling without prescriptions

The Ministry of Health has ordered that all drugstores should be connected to the national medicine database via the Internet by Monday, a move aimed at preventing the sales of drugs without prescription. But in Ho Chi Minh City, which has the highest number…

medicines
Minjun ParkLiving

Korean drug companies anticipate a strong 2019

Korean pharmaceutical companies are entering 2019 with high expectations as several domestic drugs are expected to gain approval from overseas regulators this year. Though the Samsung BioLogics accounting fraud scandal made 2018 a less-than-stellar year for…

medicines
Minjun ParkLiving

GSK plans to split into 2 as part of Pfizer joint venture

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plans to split into two businesses – one for prescription drugs and vaccines, the other for over-the-counter products – after forming a new joint venture with Pfizer’s consumer health division. The revamp is the boldest move yet by Emma…

medicines
Minjun Park

LG Chem signs deal to distribute cancer drug

LG Chem has partnered with U.S. bio company Cue Biopharma to develop immunotherapy drugs to treat cancer, the local company announced Monday. Immunotherapy drugs help patients fight diseases like cancer by enhancing their immune system. It is a relatively…

china jo jo
Rajiv MenonLiving

China Jo-Jo expansion plan in Hangzhou

China Jo-Jo Drugstores has added seven more retail outlets in Hangzhou. Chairman/CEO Liu Lei says the stores offer convenient access to best-in-class pharmacy products and services. All stores are full-service pharmacies staffed with licensed pharmacists.…

7 eleven rebrand 03
Maria SantosLiving

7-Eleven Singapore offers medicine service

Instead of visiting a polyclinic, select patients are now collecting their medicine at a 7-Eleven Singapore store. Available at 34 outlets, the service is being offered to chronic disease patients under the National Healthcare Group’s (NHG) chain of nine…

herbal medecine
Aiko TanakaLiving

Indonesian herbal medicine to be marketed abroad

An original Indonesian herbal medicine, Jamu, will be marketed abroad in the Middle Eastern and ASEAN regions, the chairman of the Jamu Association of Central Java, Nyoto Wardoyo, said here on Wednesday. Jamu is made from natural materials, such as roots,…

BTRT Cabramatta 04
Rajiv MenonLiving

Traditional Chinese Medicine Retailer Accelerates Overseas Expansion

The time-honored traditional Chinese medicine brand Tong Ren Tang says it accelerated its overseas expansion and opened nine new stores in the overseas market in 2015. In reporting the company’s results for last year, the company says it has developed 31…

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