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NHI to cover hospitalized patient's meals.
The government and the Uri party took a joint meeting on June 27 and announced "NHI coverage extension plan until 2008" covering that from the next year, the NHI coverage be extended to the meals of hospitalized patie...
Total 2,622 substitutive drugs under HIRA incentive plan.
As of the end of May the total number of substitutive dispensable drugs accounted for 2,622, which fall under the HIRA's incentive plan for more cheaper drugs to substitute in dispensing at the pharmacy without prior ...
KHA to hold meeting for B2B medical device project.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) has successfully completed the 2nd year project to establish the B2B for the medical device as one of the model projects promoted by the Ministry of Industry and Energy, and planne...
A 10 trillion won of pharmaceutical production.
The pharmaceutical production value has surpassed to the level of 10 trillion won, showing also a shift from a depression to a recovering trend.
The KPMA statistics of "2004 pharmaceutical production" indicat...
Drug wholesalers rage against Zuellig on Cialis margin policy.
Zuellig notified a margin rate reduction of Cialis, an impotence drug, to drug wholesalers by 2% point down effective from July 1, provoking wholesaler's anger. Zuellig is representing the wholesale distribution to Li...
Bukwan agreed to transfer technology of Clebutine.
Bukwang made a technical transfer agreement with American Pharmasset Inc. for Clebutine, a drug for B viral hepatitis, on June 24.
The agreement granted Pharmasset to distribute Clebutine in other countries except ...
Patent attorney to caution local company on memorandum in patent disputes.
The New Drug Research Association took the 2nd of 11th annual pharmaceutical intermediate and raw material drug development meeting at Lakehill Golftel on June 24, in which a patent attorney Roh Chae-cheol, the repres...
Cho-A to export Green Tea ampules to America.
Cho-A pharmaceutical company announced that "Da Hyang Green Tea Concentrate" which was mainly sold for the domestic markets would be exported to the United States under the name of "Bosung Green Tea Concentrate".
T...
NHI coverage possible for unregistered drugs if KFDA designates.
The MOHW disclosed a revised bill draft of "The standards for the NHI payment" that was partly revised so as even for the drugs unregistered in Korea but thought to be necessary urgently to use by the KFDA to be grant...
Hospital patients plunged under weekly 40 hour work system.
The hospital patients have been remarkably declined since the implementation of the 40 hour work system per week according to a survey conducted by Mr. Lee Yong-kyun of the Korea Hospital Management Institute.
The ...
