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Deleterious herbal drugs not to classify as prescription drugs.
In responding to the inquiry raised by Rep. Kang Ki-jeong of National Assembly about which deleterious herbal drugs such as Ephedra herba and Aconiti tuber should be classified as a prescription drug, the KFDA said it...
Prescription collusion on the rise.
A medical practice collusion between doctors and pharmacists in an informally written prescription sheet is widely prevalent, which seriously hampers the medical reform program.
According to a joint survey against ...
KFDA to adopt poor quality drug recall system
A drug of the registration cancellation or the unacceptable qualities will be far more strictly controlled via a recall and scrap under the legal and systematic process.
Chief KFDA commissioner Kim Jeong-sook sai...
Prescriptions to preserve at least 3 years from next year.
The MOHW announced on Oct. 11 to revise the Working Rules of the National Health Insurance Act covering 3 year preservation obligation for the pharmacy to keep the prescriptions, which may enforce next year.
To re...
Seoul Samsung to open sports medicine center.
Seoul Samsung hospital has recently opened a sport medicine center for the patients who are in need of the treatment for athlete related injuries and disorders as a result of increased sport populations.
The center...
GSK: "Kang Dong-suk Hope concert" for hepatitis prevention.
The Korea Society of Liver (KSL) and GSK jointly sponsored for "Kang Dong-suk's Hope Concert for a Hepatitis Free World" by inviting 450 hepatitis patients and their families across the nation to celebrate the Day of ...
Government R&D subsidy for new drugs wasteful.
Rep. Hyun Ae-jo disclosed the Korea Health Industry Development Institute(KHIDI) report covering that only 8 subjects of the new drug R&D financially supported by the government up to April 2005 had been successfully ...
686 hospitals and pharmacies on irregular drug deals.
After the implementation of the actual transaction drug pricing system, about 686 of medical institutions and pharmacies were detected irregular practices in drug distributions, and Shinpoong was found the most irregu...
MOHW organizations to restructure for more efficient performances.
The MOHW decided wholly to restructure the organization as of Oct. 10 for more customer oriented and individual official's performance efficiencies by introducing a team system.
Now, the MOHW has changed the organi...
Wholesalers and Zuellig under business discontinuance conditions.
A growing number of drug wholesalers already discontinued their business deals with Zuellig, showing a changed move in their transactions.
"S" wholesaler in Seoul and a wholesaler in Busan have closed a business wi...
