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External otitis, impetigo rise
There has been a rapid increase in treatment of people for external otitis and impetigo during a summer season every year, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said recently.
According to its analysis...
Rebate-taking doctors and pharmacists indicted
The prosecution indicted 319 doctors and 71 pharmacists on charges of receiving what are widely known as "rebates" here from drug makers in return for prescribing, purchasing or recommending their products, the Minist...
Government to clarify different functions of medical institutions
The Ministry of Health and Welfare Wednesday gave a prior notice clarifying the different functions of general hospitals and private clinics to prevent general hospitals from being crowded with patients with mild symp...
Medication fee to rise at general hospitals
Fees for medication prescribed by general hospitals will double from their current level as part of a government move to discourage patients with relatively minor illnesses from frequently visiting big medical institu...
Controversy to brew over reclassification of medicines
The government announced Thursday it will seek approval for a bill to revise the Pharmacist Law at the National Assembly in September for the sale of cold remedies, antipyretics and analgesics as over-the-counter (OTC...
KFDA to recruit 79 people in bio drug sector
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to hire 79 new people to effectively cope with the local biopharmaceutical licenses.
The KFDA’s recruitment plan is in response to calls to create a department to deal w...
Drug firms pressed to supply OTC medicines to supermarkets
Domestic drug makers are in hot water over the issue of supplying over-the-counter (OTC) drugs outside pharmacies.
President Lee Myung-bak on July 26 asked Minister of Health and Welfare Chin Soo-hee on whether res...
KFDA to reclassify 17 prescription drugs as OTCs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to reclassify 17 prescription drugs as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs that can be purchased at pharmacy without a doctor’s prescription.
The KFDA officials said that the m...
Drug Utilization Review Program for OTC products to be fully implemented nationwide in September
The Drug Utilization Review (DUR) system for over-the-counter drugs will be fully implemented throughout the country from September to promote patient safety by an increased review and awareness of OTC medicines, acco...
New oral antiplatelet agent ticagrelor approved in Korea
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it has approved AstraZeneca’s Brilinta (ticagrelor) to reduce the rate of heart attack (myocardial infarction; MI) and cardiovascular (CV) death in adult patie...
