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Governments to confer for joint inspecting activities.
The government authorities including MOHW, KFDA, Seoul/Incheon city, Gyeonggi province and HIRA, met together on July 22 to discuss an effective and large scale of their inspecting activities against the illegal pract...
Pharmacist's medication advice fees up but others down.
In responding to the remarks presented by Rep. Kim Choon-jin, the National Assembly, on July 18 under the topics of "Pharmacist's medication advice fees, 100% up for 5 years", the Korea Pharmaceutical Associatio...
Production of cardiovascular and antibiotic drugs toped
The KFDA reported based on the KPMA data that the cardiovascular drugs were produced far higher value at 1,539,936 million won, the top out of the whole therapeutic categories than the GI therapeutic drugs in 2004, bu...
SPA to oppose the quasi-drug expansion policy.
The Seoul Pharmaceutical Association (SPA) made it clear in the 1st meeting of "the Special Committee Against Quasi-Drug Expansion" on July 14 that the MOHW's policy of expanding the quasi-drugs be never acceptable.
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Cataract most prevalent in the elderly people.
Cataract was found as the top eye disease among the people aged over 60 years old, and dried eyes and pseudo-glaucomas followed according to Kim Eye Clinic of Kunyang Medical School.
The above survey reported on Ju...
20 companies including Yuhan and Roche penalized.
The KFDA announced the administrative measures against the pharmaceutical companies including Yuhan, Roche Korea, Pharmacia and Shinpoong on charge of their law violations during the first half of the year.
Yuhan a...
HIRA intensively to review combo medication with NSAIDs.
The Health Insurance Review AGency (HIRA) has approved the medication propriety review plan through the Central Review Commission as one of the 2005 NHI payment review programs.
This year review works seemed to foc...
Industry alerts on the influx of Swiss drugs into Korea
Korea and Switzerland have made a free trade agreement (FTA), which may trigger the drug industry to worry about possible influx of many Swiss pharmaceutical products into Korea.
Following the FTA settlement with C...
Korea and Germany to exchange bio new drug development.
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) held a conference titled "Korea-Germany Life Science Partnering Event" for the exchange of the know-hows on the new drug R&D and bio industrial technologies as w...
Intensive inspection against illegal medical/pharmacy practice.
The MOHW plans to conduct an intensive inspection along with the KFDA/its regional offices and the local government's health centers against the illegal practices of the medical and pharmacy role separation system for...
