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Health Insurance covers Daxas from this month
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that national health Insurance has covered Takeda Pharm’s Daxas (roflumilast), an oral treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD; a group of diseases that ...
NHIC, healthcare organizations agree on next year’s medical and dispensing fees
The National Health Insurance Corporation Friday finalized its mid-night negotiations with the count’s four medical and pharmaceutical organizations with full agreement on medical and drug dispensing fees in 2014 for ...
Health Insurance to cover three new medications from next month
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that national health Insurance will cover Hanmi Pharm’s Pahtension (sildenafil citrate), Otsuka Pharm’s Samsca (tolvaptan) and Takeda Pharm’s Daxas (roflumilast) from ...
116 drug patents listed in Korea’s green list in May
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Thursday that 116 medicinal products (most of foreign drugs except Handok Pharm’s Soliris and Aggrastat and Hyundai Pharm’s Zindaclin) were newly included into green li...
Regular GMP audits for 56 drug manufacturers are planned next month, MFDS says
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) plans to conduct its regular GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) audits over 56 drug firms producing injectable products in June, an MFDS official said in a seminar at KINTEX ...
Essential registration dossiers are needed to evaluate drug’s safety and efficacy: MFDS official
Drug companies need to submit a minimum registration documentation to fully demonstrate the safety and efficacy of a medicinal product, when they intend to file a drug application, an official from the Ministry of Foo...
Suspension of Glivec’s patient assistance program under fire from patients
The suspension of Glivec’s assistance program for people suffering from chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) has sparked outrage and disappointment.
In a meeting with CML patients on May 13, Novartis Korea informed t...
Former health minister to head national pension serviceThe Ministry of Health and Welfare said last Friday that President Park Geun-hye has named former Health Minister Choi Kwang to head the National Pension Service.
Choi, 66, r...
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NIFDS seeking to ensure bioequivalence of generic drugs
The National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) plans to introduce a regulation that a generic drug manufacturers must provide a full description of the bioequivalence testing results related to a ge...
Promoting off-label drug uses is illegal
It is common for doctors to prescribe drugs for conditions they aren't specifically approved for, but in many cases there is not enough evidence to justify the practice, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) sai...
