News About: Goverment
Saenuri Party proposes government reorganization bill
Saenuri Party said Wednesday it proposed a bill regarding the reshuffling plan for the incoming government, which was announced by the presidential transition team.
The bill proposes the enlargement of the central ...
43 firms of biological products to be inspected in 2013
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that 43 local manufacturers and importers of biological preparations will be inspected this year in accordance with the provisions of the Pharmaceutical Affairs La...
Police to step up crackdown on rebate
The National Police Agency (NPA) unveiled a plan to step up its crackdown on the long-standing practice of offering and receiving kickbacks in the medical community. Yet it remains to be seen whether the illegal pract...
Government urged to introduce new prescription plan to rid medical sector of corrupt practices
It has long been a tough challenge for health authorities to break corrupt ties between drug makers, doctors and pharmacists. There are still many medical professionals who do not feel compunction about taking rebates...
Drug makers release 81 new drugs in 2 years
A total of 81 new medicines have been launched here over the past two years, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said on Tuesday.
According to the HIRA data, the number of insurance-covered pr...
Viread, Truvada listed in green list
Several new drugs were recently listed in Korea’s green list which can be compared to the "Orange Book" in the USA, according to Yakup.com, a pharmaceutical information provider.
The data showed that new medicines ...
Reorganization plan of KFDA gets mixed responses
The new Cheong Wa Dae under President-elect Park Geun-hye aims to become smaller and more efficient with the staff’s roles realigned and integrated. But many of the new posts have the risk of overlapping in their role...
Duplicate prescriptions top 3.9 million cases in 2011
Doctors issued 3.9 million cases of duplicate prescriptions to treat the same disease for over four days in 2011, raising public concern over drug abuse, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said ...
Adverse drug event reporting system to be streamlined
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said last Friday that all of adverse drug events (ADEs), including the ones reported during the drug re-examination period, will be solely handled by the Korea Institute o...
Quality of generic drugs encouraged
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said Thursday it will make all-out efforts to improve the quality of generic drugs as part of efforts to ensure better financial stability in national health insurance.
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