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Clinics highly satisfied with Novo-Nordisk's diabetic program.
About 4 million diabetic patients of Korea absolutely needed an educational program for diabetic care, for which Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical company provided with high acceptance.
NEP (Nurse Educator Program) is f...
79 products of 15 active ingredients to change its labels.
The KFDA reviewed 21 drugs including Furosemide single tab. and inj. on the safety and determined that the descriptions of the product labels or direction circulars for about 79 products (precaution etc.) of 15 ingred...
National Assembly postponed to debate over corporate pharmacy issue.
The National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee took a standing committee's meeting on June 17 to discuss the revision to the pharmaceutical affairs act covering the permission of a profit-making corporate pharmacy...
Pharmacists protesting against medical group over public hearing incidence.
The public hearing as planned by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the Korea Pharmacy School Faculty Association (KPSFA) was aborted by the illegal sit-down demonstration of the Korea Medical Association....
Janssen Korea to launch a patch type of narcotic pain killer.
Janssen Korea announced to launch Durogesic Detrans 25mcg/h and 50mcg/h, a patch type of narcotic analgesic drug improved from Durogesic in its shape and function on June 20.
Detrans contains ingredients uniformly...
MOHW to grant NHI payment for 288 new drugs from July.
228 new products including 4 new chemical entities and 224 copy drugs will be reimbursable from the NHI schedule and all omeprazole preparations are reimbursable regardless of its administration period.
The MOHW's...
Pfizer Korea sponsored for "Glaucoma Academy"
The Korea Society of Glaucoma Research (chairman: prof. Ahn Myeong-deok) planned "Glaucoma academy" in 7 cities for an eye medical practitioner starting from June 27 to July 15 under the sponsorship of Pfizer Korea.
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Pharmacists owned premise of clinic mart to monopolize prescriptions.
The separate medical and pharmacy practice system has been 5 years since its implementation, however, recently raising an odd trend that some pharmacists were exerting their utmost efforts for more medical institution...
NHI payment act revision to debate at next plenary session.
The National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee debated on June 16 on the revision to the national health insurance payment act raised by Rep. Chung Seong-ho but failed to pass and put it off until the next plenary...
Daewha to patent for arterial embolus preparations against cancer.
Daewha Pharmaceutical company announced on June 16 about the patent registration of "the preparations and its manufacturing process of combomed Pacliataxel and its w/o type of emulsion for the use of chemical embolus"...
