News About: Pharm. Industry
Name of product and company to show on PTP and strip packs.
At the same time along with implementing the medical and pharmacy separation plan as scheduled from July 1, it provisionally requires for all unit packages (PTPs or foils) to show the name of product and its manufactu...
KPMA to establish Special Committee for Foreign invested companies.
In close cooperation build-up and association reinforcement with the multinational drug corporations in presence of Korea the KPMA is going to establish so called "The Special Committee for Foreign Invested Companies"...
KPMA scrutinizes a confederation system.
Recently the KRPIA, a foreign invested company group, proposed to the MOHW again for an establishment of their juridical organization, which has been kept holding by the government since quite a long time but now the ...
Establishment of juridical organization by foreign invested companies faced conflicts.
The MOHW has kept the application of juridical corporation establishment by foreign invested drug companies in presence to Korea in holding state on the ground that the name of Korea Research- based Pharmaceutical Ind...
Collusion of physicians and pharmacists to be punished
Effective from July 1 the new provision penalizes the collusion act of physicians and pharmacists by "7 day qualification suspension" when a physician induces his patients to fill his prescriptions at a specific pharm...
Prescription problem issued by general hospitals to be solved through KPA.
From July 1 when the new medical and pharmacy separation plan being launched many big troubles and problems may come out in filling explosive number of prescriptions issued by most of general hospitals for outpatients...
Drug fair trade order largely depended on drug manufacturers.
The KPMA invited a Japanese speaker, Mr. Nagano, the Chief of Japanese Pharmaceutical Manufacturer's Fair Trade Association on May 12 who delivered an explanatory lecture at 2 p.m. under the title of "Briefing on Japa...
Drug advertising on Internet PC communication permitted.
Taking effect from coming March the drug advertising on the internet PC communication channel will be permitted, which may hit a new move in the drug advertising market.
The drug will be prohibited to manufacture if...
Drug industry earned U$12,900 thousands from overseas for royalty last year
Last year the drug industry earned about U$12,900,000 of technology sales abroad, which ranked the 3rd in value, after the electricity, the electronic and the mechanic industry according to a survey by Korea Industry ...
Bulk Good Manufacturing Practice system to launch next year.
The MOHW drafted the revised working rules of the pharmaceutical affairs law to launch it from March 2, in which drugs would not be granted to manufacture if infringed other patent rights and the good manufacturing pr...