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Government unveiled drug distribution improvement plan
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare plans to scrap the contentious unified distribution system, allowing drug manufacturer's direct transactions with hospitals in 2010 as part of its effort to overhaul the curre...
MOHW to establish drug information center before year end.
The MOHW said on April 16 that the Drug Information Center should be established in the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) for a drug market transparency.
For this project, the MOHW appointed LG-CNS as a respons...
Launching symposium on Glufast held
A symposium to mark the launch of Glufast tablets (mitiglinide), a drug for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, was held at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Seoul recently, according to Choong-wae Pharm.
Glufast, an in...
Drug makers race to expand anti-alopecia market
Korean pharmaceutical firms are racing to grow in size to better position themselves for the "big bang" in local anti-alopecia market, which is estimated to be worth 1 trillion won this year.
The local anti-alopeci...
Total 124 new drugs on development in Korea.
Korea Drug Research Association reported on April 10 under the title of "The New Drug R&D status of major research pharmaceutical companies" that as of Jan. 31 the total number of new drugs on development includin...
Korea to support new drug R&D projects
The government will expand its financial support towards the domestic drug makers to boost their new research and development projects for new drugs.
In his response to questions by Rep. Chung Wha-won, Prime Minist...
Drug wholesalers achieved attractive sales and net profits last year.
It was reported that the sales and net profits in the pharmaceutical wholesale industries had made pretty favorable figures last year, showing 3 wholesalers to achieve 200 billion won levels of sales and 15 companies ...
Government announces revised medical law
Recently, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced a new draft of the revised Medical Law that includes some doctors' demands.
In the revised bill, the government has deleted some articles that medical circle d...
Some civil servants calls for new public officials' association in KFDA
Some civil servants from the Korea Food and Drug Administration are moving to seek a formation of new public officials' association, claming that the new body will contribute to solving the conflicts between higher- a...
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