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Drug re-classification plan hit snag
Early in June, the Korea Food and Drug Administration decided to switch a total of 273 over-the-counter drugs to prescription drugs and 212 prescription items to OTC drugs. After consulting with social leaders, the dr...
Government says plan will protect public health
In response to the latest wrangling between the government and the Korean Medical Association erupted on internet, the National Health Insurance Corporation refuted the KMA’s advertisement carried in a daily paper on ...
230,000 people to benefit from medical fee refunds
From July 13, a total of 221.3 billion won will be refunded to 230,000 people who paid medical expenses of over 2 million won to 4 million won last year, according to health authorities.
The measure is aimed at les...
KFDA discloses 17 state-release drugs
Korea’s 17 state-release medicines were made public on Tuesday in a website of the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
These drugs include a variety of vaccines produced by Green Gross Corp., GlaxoSmithKline, MSD K...
KFDA approves 11 natural drugs in first half
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that licenses for new natural medicines totaled 11 in the first half of the year.
Of the licenses, the number of finished products accounted for 6, oriental ...
Civic group to bring fight to Constitutional Court
A civic group has recently threatened to file a petition with the Constitutional Court, if the government pushes up with a plan to re-categorize birth control pills into prescription drug.
Under the changed regulat...
Bill proposed for promoting DUR program of OTC drugs at pharmacy
A lawmaker submitted a bill to the National Assembly last month to promote the Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program.
The bill calls for expanding the DUR system to pharmacies selling over-the-counter drugs.
Que...
Parties designate Health and Welfare committee members
The main parties Monday completed the designation of 21 parliamentary standing committee members as the 19th National Assembly is set to open its first plenary session from July 5 to August 3.
Rep. Oh Jae-sae of th...
KFDA to back local drug makers in Korea-China FTA era
Korea and China wrapped up their second round of free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations on Jeju Island Thursday, with the next round scheduled to take place in August in China.
During the three-day talks, the two...
Gilead’s Viread likely to be included in health insurance
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said on Jun 28 that it would not list the U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences’ Viread (tenofovir) into the positive list unless Yuhan Corp., local exclusive distrib...
