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Public health insurance allowances total 8.13 trillion won in first half
The Health Insurance Review Agency said on August 10 that health insurance payments in the first half of this year amounted to 8.13 trillion won, up 11.2 percent from the same period of a year earlier:
- Payments f...
Philips Medical System to declare business on medical equipments.
Philips Medical System (PMS), a medical equipment business division of Philip Electronic Co. declared their aggressive marketing plans to supply the best medical equipments in the Korean market.
CEO and Chairman Yo...
President must unravel suspicions on national pension.
Rep. Ahn Myeong-ok of the GNP called for president Roh Moo-hyun directly to beg apologies and to explain to the people over the suspicion on the national pension that had provoked distrusts and rages to the people.
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AstraZeneca to adopt Adobe Acrobat software
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced on August 10 that AstraZeneca will adopt Adobe Acrobat software to streamline and standardize its global internal and external communications, as the world's leading pharmace...
Cold remedy makers publicizing safety of non-PPA substances
With growing public anger over the belated response of the Korea Food and Drug Administration to prohibit 167 cold remedies containing phenylpropanolamine (PPA), a number of pharmaceutical firms are making desperate e...
Drug wholesalers resolved to ask FTC to screen Zuellig unfair contract clauses
The Korea Drug Wholesalers Association said that it would submit to the Fair Trade Commission a joint petition of more 70 officers during the next week, as part of efforts to ask the FTC to screen its unfair transacti...
KHA successfully negotiated with health industrial trade union.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) assessed their labor issue this year successful especially in reducing the rift between the employers and labors by negotiating with the health industrial trade union instead of th...
Herbal pharmacy college faculty group calling for 6 year school system.
Following the school strikes staged by the herbal pharmacy college students, requesting for the 6 year pharmacy school system, the pharmacy faculty group has solicited the government authority for the policy adoption ...
Boryung Pharm wins Korea patent for novel antihypertensive formulation
Boryung announced recently it have obtained a Korean patent relating to pyrimidinone compound, pharmaceutical composition containing it and its manufacturing method.
According to the novel process patent, the novel...
Deputy Minister Song to comment on drug reclassification and PPA related incidences.
Deputy minister Song Jae-seong of MOHW made it clear in the press interview just after the KFDA special auditing report as saying "The drug reclassification shall be proceeded as a long term study project in a premise...
