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NMC's two departments showing the highest mortality rate
According to data released by Rep. Kim Myung-seob, the mortality rate of internal medicine and neurological surgery of the National Medical Center in 2002 represented 6.57 percent and 13.9 percent, respectively, showi...
Drug wholesalers and Zuellig extracted accord.
The Pharmaceutical Business Development Committee, a drug wholesaler group, has agreed with Zuellig on Sept. 29 in the third negotiation meeting that they resumed the distribution of Mentoletham, Dulcorax and Festal u...
KMA to raise questions for 6 year pharmacy school system.
The MOHW earlier announced that the pharmacy school system would be extended currently from 4 years to 6 years, for which the medical association raised questions to the MOHW for an official answer on the date of Sept...
42 AIDS carriers are unable to locate.
The health authority exposed loopholes in their post supervisory activities for the AIDS carriers, whose locations are unable to find.
Rep. Lee Won-hyeong of the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee said ...
Foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms threaten to file a complaint against price cut soon
Several pharmaceutical firms including some multinational companies, are scheduled to lodge their complaints, via leading patent & law firms, against the proposed cutback of drug prices under the previous actually tra...
Korea's tuberculosis mortality is second rank in the world
The number of tuberculosis patients in Korea is 67.2 out of 100,000 people, 12 times higher than the United Stats and its mortality number is 6.8, which is the second highest in the world following Turkey, said a lawm...
Professionals' monthly incomes are dwindling
Rep. Kim Hong-shin, a member of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee, said during the recent parliamentary session on the National Pension Corporation that the July 2003 income of professiona...
Impotence drugs put under abuse prone drug category.
The KFDA announced a newly revised provision of ruling the abuse prone drugs on Sept. 26 and designated new impotence drugs like Tadalafil and Vardenafil preparations under this abuse prone drug category.
Dextrom...
Pfizer's Norvasc ranked top on drug adverse reaction reports
Pfizer's Norvasc, an anti-hypertension drug, recorded the top seller in prescription drugs as well as its adverse reaction reports in Korea.
The KFDA data showed the total drug adverse reaction reports at 77 cases...
Full-fledged implementation of DRG system is being still debated
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently reaffirmed its plan to push ahead with the full-fledged DRG (diagnosis related group) system by drawing up a final draft from the Health and Medical Policy Deliberation ...
