News About: Pharm. Affairs
Layla’s use patent ruled nullified
The Supreme Court ruled to nullify the use patent of Layla(PMG Pharm), a natural drug, as of 23 November.
As PMG Pharm was dismissed at the request suit for injection against infringement on the use patent against fi...
Vemlidy and Besivo enters Severance Hospital at the same time
‘Vemlidy,’ a Gilead Sciences/Yuhan Corporation’s chronic hepatitis B treatment whose health insurance benefits have been applied from 1 November, and Ildong Pharmaceutical’s ‘Besivo’ entered in Severance Hospital.
Se...
Materials for medicine reassessment get stricter
In the future, when applying for reassessment for a novel drug, a pharmaceutical company must turn in reference data, such as sales and approval records.
On 21 November, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) off...
Is it right to adopt public midnight pharmacies?
While a bill for implementation of public midnight pharmacy was introduced to the National Assembly, there was a review by an expert member that it was right to implement the system.
Young.Hwan Seok, a member of the ...
Obligation of regular trainings for household medicines, it might be difficult in reality
While a legislative bill was introduced to extend the subject for the emergency household medicine training to employees, an assignment was suggested for the reality where there are a lot of part-time employees.
In a...
Pharmacists society’s concern over extension of medicines sold in convenient stores
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) has rolled the pharmacists’ society because the discussion about the extension of emergency household medicines(drugs sold in convenient store) would come out on the 4th next m...
Long- & fact-acting insulins into a single pen? Ryzodeg on release
‘Ryzodeg(generic name: insulin degludec 70U.mL, insulin aspart 30U/mL),’ the first and only combined insulin with super-long-acting insulin and fast-acting insulin into a single pen, emerged.
Most of all, by combinin...
Only did 1 of 10 seniors have experience in hearing about generic substitution from pharmacists
Since it was only 1 of 10 seniors who were guided generic substitution, it was reported it needed to strengthen the consumers’ right to choose medicines.
According to the ‘Senior Consumer Right Strengthening Plan(Med...
Korea’s health care quality improved, but use of quinolone antibiotics is higher than OECD average
The Korean health care quality including outpatient prescription has been reportedly enhanced overall, but the management of chronic diseases was diagnosed that it needed improvements.
The Organisation for Economic C...
Korean OTC drug instructions with low readability
Guideline and instructions written on OTC drugs that the Korean people use reportedly have low readability. Therefore, various improvements were suggested, such as better locations font sizes.
The Dongguk University ...
