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Pharmacies can sell functional health foods without reporting
The Health and Welfare Subcommittee of National Assembly held its meeting on December 23 to screen an additional bill related to the health foods law, such as another provisions designed to allow pharmacies to sell fu...
Handok Pharm's management, labor in amicable relationship for 39 years
Cerebrating its 50-year birthday next year, Handok Pharm said in a statement that all of labor union members in the company are willing to entrust their entire welfare affairs in 2004, including year-end bonus rate, t...
NHI reimbursement review may appeal to HIRA.
Any appeals against the HIRA's review may be filed directly to the HIRA (Health Insurance Review Agency) starting from Jan. 1, 2004. The review claim is a provisional process of which a medical service provider raises...
Wholesalers petitioning EG Medicom issue to authorities concerned.
The Seoul Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association announced to adopt a joint logistic program during the executive meeting on Dec. 23 after fully realizing that no other choice but the joint logistic system could save it...
Health Ministry announces successful drug administration policies in 2003
The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled 9 successful drug administration policies in 2003, citing that the effective curb on further spread of SARS in Korea, which threatened to infect the people in 30 countries d...
100 substandard drugs from 80 pharmaceutical makers are still marketed
100 substandard drugs from 80 pharmaceutical makers and/or illegal selling of over-the-counter drugs in cyber malls were being still rampant during the twelve months to December 20 this year, according to a re...
Hanmi Pharm wins domestic patent on transgenic black goat
Hanmi Pharm said on December 23 it acquired the Korean patent relating to a black goat and its fertilized eggs for producing G-CSF from animal milk.
Hanmi officials said, "It is meaningful that Korea has fully ackn...
MRI test to be reimbursable from 2005
The MOHW announced that the NHI reimbursement for the MRI test would be applied from Jan. 1, 2005 along with other dental services such as a compounded resin filling and other cement filling but for the ultrasonic tes...
17 marketing experts to graduate from PM college.
About 17 marketing experts graduated from the PM (Product manager) college on Dec. 16 at Bangbae dong lecture room.
The PM college was founded by 13 middle marketing staffs from the domestic pharmaceutical industr...
CJ negotiating to merger Hanil Pharm via stake acquisition
CJ said on December 22 that it submitted a letter of intent to participate in the bidding as part of its efforts to acquire insolvent Hanil Pharm's stake and as a result, CJ was named a preferred bidder on December 19...
