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Pharma firms expect hike in revenue thanks to COVID-19

Taking advantages of the COVID-19 lockdown, major pharma firms hope to get growth in revenue this year.

Drug price hikes in US threaten the same in Vietnam?

Pfizer, Sanofi, and GlaxoSmithKline are reported to plan increasing drug prices in the US in 2020, triggering public concerns over a similar hike in Vietnam.

VN's pharmaceutical import turnover may reach $3 billion by end of year

With the average pharmaceutical import turnover of $245 million per month, the figure of the whole year of 2019 may reach $3 billion, equaling 50 per cent of the whole scale of the market.  

The first time: Korean company acquires local pharmaceutical

JW Pharmaceutical Corporation acquired Euvipharm, becoming the first Korean company to take over a Vietnamese pharmaceutical company and operate it directly.

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 3/7

 Plan revised for hospital equitisation, Fake Chinese dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics smuggled into Vietnam in bulk, Farm exports drop on sagging prices, Jan-Jun FDI approvals plunge

BUSINESS IN BRIEF 24/2

 E&Y upbeats about VN’s economic prospect; Businesses, State urged to cooperate when joining TPP; Viet Nam's livestock industry overly dependent on imported animal feed; Vietnamese pharmaceuticals eye Cambodian market