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Lawmakers urge HIRA not to extend screening period of EDI-based reimbursement claims
Lawmaker Lee Won-hyung said during the National Assembly's audit of the Health Insurance Review Agency that the government's plan to delay the legal screening period of EDI-based reimbursement claims from the present ...
KFDA to inspect KGSP approved drug wholesalers in Oct. and Nov.
The KFDA announced to conduct a special inspection for 2 months (from Oct. to Nov) against the total 335 drug wholesalers who took 3 years after the KFDA approval.
This inspection will be the first trial since the ...
DRG system very likely to keep holding.
The Diagnose Related Group (DRG) system seems to be finalized around the middle of next month amid hot debates. However, judging by the fact that Health Minister commented to withdrew its absolute implementation neces...
Pfizer Korea takes legal suit against price cut
Reportedly, Pfizer Korea lodged its administrative suit, via Kim& Chang law and patent office on September 30, against the government's price cut of insurance-covered drugs based on the previous actually transacted mi...
Formation of Pharmacy College Research Committee eyed, KPPF saysThe Korea Pharmacy Professor Federation said that in order to push for implementing the proposed six-year education system of pharmacy college by 2006, a Pharmacy College Resear...
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103 Koreans found to be infected with AIDS via blood donation
Korea has a total of new 103 AIDS-positive patients since 2002, which showed a 10 percent of 946 patients tallied by the National Institute of Health and of these people, eight patients were newly infected via intenti...
Yuhan's new peptic ulcer drug soon on phase III studies.
Yuhan announced that the phase III clinical studies of YH1885 (Revanex: revaprazan) was scheduled to conduct for the duodenal ulcer in Oct. and for the GERD (gastro-esophageal reflux disease) in the end of this year o...
No medical benefits available in many cities and counties.
After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, a lot of small and medium hospitals have bankrupted, leaving behind quite a number of cities and counties where no medical benefits are ava...
Pharmaceutical firms grappling with 2003 sales target
As the overall sales target rate of leading domestic pharmaceutical firms has remained at 80 to 90 percent by the third quarter of this year amid lingering business slump, more and more pharmaceutical firms are planni...
KFDA formulates a guideline for nomenclature of new drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently announced that as Korea is likely to create global new drugs within a couple of years, it formulated a guideline for unified nomenclature of new drugs including Kore...
