Medicine

Retail Asia04/05/2019

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 the sale of American ginseng. Their actions allegedly contravened the Trade Descriptions Ordinance (TDO) and if found guilty […]

Retail Asia25/04/2019

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 of pharmacies in the country at over 6,000, only 61 percent […]

Retail Asia27/03/2019

Yunnan Baiyao Group, one of China’s largest pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, has selected Manhattan Associates Warehouse Management System (WMS) to transform its digital supply chain and power the next phase of its growth strategy. The solution will help the manufacturer optimise its distribution operations and meet rising demand for its products across the globe whilst […]

Retail Asia02/01/2019

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 the pharmaceutical industry, bio firms are ready to get back on their feet with new drugs and licenses. Daewoong […]

Retail Asia21/12/2018

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 Walmsley, the GSK chief executive who took over last year. It will lead to […]

Retail Asia14/11/2018

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 unusual form of cancer therapy that differs from the conventional approach of using medication to directly […]

Retail Asia07/12/2017

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. They offer prescription and OTC medicines, traditional Chinese medicines, dietary supplements, medical devices, health and beauty products and general merchandise. […]

Retail Asia21/07/2017

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 polyclinics, which pack the drugs for delivery to lockers in the patient’s preferred store. Patients receive […]

Retail Asia20/10/2016

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, bark, flowers, seeds, leaves and fruits. “Indonesias ambassadors in various countries have started to […]

Retail Asia17/02/2016

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 branches in 25 countries and regions outside China, operating 115 retail sites, traditional Chinese […]

Tag: Medicine

Three arrested at Mong Kok ginseng store

Vietnam cracks down on drugstores selling without prescriptions

Yunnan Baiyao Group to Bring Traditional Chinese Medicine to a Global Audience with Manhattan Associates

Korean drug companies anticipate a strong 2019

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

LG Chem signs deal to distribute cancer drug

China Jo-Jo expansion plan in Hangzhou

7-Eleven Singapore offers medicine service

Indonesian herbal medicine to be marketed abroad

Traditional Chinese Medicine Retailer Accelerates Overseas Expansion