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KFDA to increase 102 new staffs
KFDA will be no longer in manpower shortage problems due to the substantial increase of new staffs.
A KFDA officer said that on May 11 the cabinet meeting passed a bill of the KFDA organization change with addition...
MOHW newly established 『Blood Policy Department』
The cabinet meeting passed the government organization changes on May 11 including the new establishment of "Blood policy department" under the Health Policy Bureau of MOHW. and the infant and children care job of MOH...
Foreign doctor's licence to be recognized in Korea.
It may be possible for the foreign licensed doctors or herbal doctors to get an equivalent qualification treatment in Korea if they pass through the required national examination.
This movement has surfaced with t...
Medical community protests formation of OTC promotion committee
Pharmaceutical business sources say that the OTC promotion Committee (Chairman: Yoon Jae-seung, president of Daewoong Pharm), which was newly launched by the leading 13 pharmaceutical firms on May 6, is likely to be d...
OTC promotion committee would unlikely trigger disputes in medical community, KMPA says
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said recently that the business operations of a newly established OTC Promotion Committee, which was harshly criticized from local practitioners, would not undermine ...
Local study in patients with diabetes show significant improvement during Lipitor treatment
Pfizer's cholesterol drug Lipitor (atorvastatin calcium) showed better improvement in lowering the levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), bad cholesterol that is primary responsible for the development...
SBR to support domestic drug industries for overseas business.
The executive members of SBR (Society of Biomedical Research), a researcher group mainly organized with Korean scientists living in America, recently visited to Korea from May 3 to 8 and had a meeting for an introduct...
Drug wholesalers to oppose drug maker's warranty pressures.
Recently the pharmaceutical industry has reinforced their credit controls by pushing indiscriminated and heavy warranty to wholesalers, which, the wholesale community said, might be beneficiary neither to makers nor t...
KFDA to brace for expediting evaluation process of new biopharmaceuticals
Despite Korean pharmaceutical firms's efforts to accelerate their R&D studies of new biopharmaceuticals, there are growing concerns that the insufficient number of eligible assessment specialists might become one of t...
Domestic drug wholesalers reacting sensitivity to Lilly Korea's unfair marketing policy
In its special meeting on May 10, the Korea Drug Wholesalers Association reacted sensitively to Lilly Korea's arbitral decision to joint hands with Zuellig Korea, vowing to seek possible countermeasures.
The determ...
