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Pharmaceutical firms to receive state support
The government is planning to support 43 innovative pharmaceutical companies as well as 41 health and cosmetics companies selected under the “Columbus Project” over their easier acquisition of statistical data and for...
Pradaxa to be covered by health insurance
Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate), the blood thinning drug by the German pharmaceutical Company Boehringer Ingleheim, has moved closer to get listed in the national health insurance, with the Health Insurance Review and ...
Cosmetics and quasi-drug makers oblige to describe retail prices
The government has revised laws to describe the pricing of cosmetics and quasi-drugs on their packages, when their initial prices are re-adjusted during bargain sales, officials said last Thursday.
Complaints over ...
National Assembly to back local pharmaceutical industry
The National Assembly has unveiled an ambitious vision to support the domestic pharmaceutical industry through further expansion of R&D budget alloted to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and offering various tax ben...
Government urged to suspend health insurance coverage over substandard drugs
The government should exclude medicinal products, which were found to have poor quality in the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) inspection and other probes, from a list of insured drugs, a lawmaker said Wednesday.
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Seoul City’s master plan for public medical services triggers debate
Seoul City Tuesday announced its master plan for public medical services, named “Healthy Seoul 36.5,” to expand the service for not just the poor but to all citizens. The number 36.5 stands for a person’s normal body ...
Government urged to cover antismoking medications
The national health insurance should cover antismoking drugs in a bid to reduce the smoking rate here, a lawmaker said Tuesday.
In a meeting of National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee on Tuesday, Rep. Kim ...
Celltrion gets first biosimilar approval
Celltrion Inc., a local biopharmaceutical company, announced Monday that it has won the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)’s approval to produce Korea’s first antibody biosimilar ‘Remsima’ after seven years of ...
KFDA advises labeling change of salcatonin medicines
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on Monday that it instructed 11 pharmaceutical companies producing salcatonin preparations to add the following statements to the package inserts of 14 salcatonin medicines:...
Government to back pharmaceutical sector
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will unveil its plan to spur domestic pharmaceutical industry through the creation of a large-scale R&D fund over the next five years.
The pharmaceutical industry is closely watch...
