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Pharmacy school selection triggers dispute
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association has claimed all matters regarding a 6-year pharmacy school should be reviewed and dealt with by the Health Ministry’s proposal.
The Education Ministry has recently announced 15...
Incentive drugs top 4,106
A total of 4,106 low-drugs could be dispensed in pharmacy as of January this year due to increased bioequivalence-tested drugs, the Health Insurance Review Assessment and Service said on March 1.
The number of ince...
Koreat to introduce CTD format this month
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it has introduced a Common Technical Document (CTD) format system this month.
The CTS is a set of specification for application dossier for the registration of Medicines ...
Bayer Healthcare boosts Levita 10 mg sales
Bayer Healthcare boosts Levita 10 mg sales
Multinational pharmaceutical companies are stepping up their marketing in the erectile-dysfunction treatment drug market in Korea, which is forecast to become competitive,...
Two wholesalers announce merger agreement
Pusan based Samwon Pharm, a leading wholesaler, will execute the signing of a merger agreement with Daegu Pharm on May 5.
This transaction marks the major step in Samwon’s strategy for growth.
“We strongly beli...
KPMA appoints acting president
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said on February 25 it has nominated Yoon Suk-geun, incumbent president of Ilsung Pharm, as the acting KPMA chairman.
Yoon is expected to deal with the drug relate...
15 universities to have 6-year pharmacy schools
The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on February that it has finally selected 15 successful candidates for six-year pharmacy schools, all of which are in the provinces.
The seven successful c...
Sales of weight loss pill sibutramine unlikely to be banned
The controversial anti-obesity drug sibutramine will not be banned in Korea, reports said.
In a recent forum, the Korea Food and Drug Administration Director Yoo Moo-young said that the drug agency’s review showed ...
Korea to expand herbal insurance coverage to rare, intractable disease
People suffering from rare or intractable diseases will pay less medical costs from the end of this year thanks to the government’s plan to restructure the national herbal health insurance scheme.
The government ex...
Health insurance to expand coverage to Glivec
The costs that individuals will have to shoulder for treatment of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors (GISTs) will go down from March 1 thanks to the government’s plan to expand the national health insurance coverage for ...
