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Government urged to allow some OTC products at supermarkets
The government needs to allow some of the current over-the-counter (OTC) products at supermarkets and convenient stores by redefining all medicines into prescription drugs, OTC drugs and quasi-drugs, according to a lo...
Government to exclude insurance-covered drugs for 5 years
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to exclude some obsolete drugs from the list of insured medicines, readjust prices of brand-name drugs when their patents expire and re-evaluate how generic drugs are manufactu...
Public hearing for KFDA disorganization issue on Dec. 12.
A public hearing on the revised bill of the government organization law was scheduled on Dec. 12, mainly for the subject of newly establishment of the Food Safety Administration after disorganizing the KFDA.
The Na...
Novartis Korea wins 2006 Korea Management AwardNovartis Korea received an award for personal management from the Korea Management Association at the Grand Hilton Seoul on December 5.
The prize has been awarded a person or...
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Positive list system may solve cumulative NHI financial problems.
Chief administrator Kim Chang-yeop of the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) said that ever rising trend of the NHI medication expenditures should be curbed in one way or the other under the drug pricing optimizing...
Korea to pay 6 trillion won for 5-year patent extension
The proposed free trade agreement with the United States, if the U.S. proposed for the deal is fully accepted, is expected to cost as much as 6 trillion won within five years to the Korean pharmaceutical industry, acc...
Exceptional regions for separated medical and pharmacy practices decreased.
Quite a number of exceptional regions for the separated medical and pharmacy practices has been declined.
The MOHW announced to revise "Regulations of appointing an exceptional region for the separated medical and...
KFDA to toughen stance on smoking cessation therapy
Manufacturers or importers for cigarette-type smoking cessation aid will be required to describe the contents of harmful substances in the label, beginning in June next year, the Korea Food and Drug Administration sai...
Yuhan's new lip protective grabs bigger market share
Yuhan Corporation, the nation's leading drugmaker, is expanding its share of the domestic lip protective market dominated by international companies.
Backed by pharmacists and customers, Yuhan's new lip protective...
Once-daily Clarium (clarithromycin) to be available in Korea
There is good news for people with certain respiratory infections who require antibiotics but don't like the inconvenience of multiple daily dosing.
Sam-A Pharm said it has recently signed a licensing agreement wit...
