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MOHW vows to implement 6-year education system of pharmacy college in 2006
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced recently it will allow pharmacy colleges to extend their education terms by six years from the current four-year term, as part of its effort to ensure more effective pharma...
KFDA to accept industry's revisions on specification and testing methods
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said in a recently held special KGMP surveillance reporting session that it would welcome any revisions on specification and testing methods as part of its efforts to improve the...
Pharmaceutical raw material exports declined in first half
Korea's pharmaceutical bulk exports posted minus growth in the first half of this year and the trend may not turn around this year without improvements in business conditions, which has been marred by state's tougher ...
Medical community to rally against DRG in nationwide.
A nationwide rally against government's DRG (diagnose related group) system seems to place by the medical community.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) in the 5th national city and provincial district's top repres...
Dextromethorphan and Carisoprodol put under control drugs.
The KFDA announced that Dextromethorphan and Carisoprodol be classified under the psychotropic control drug category, taking effect from Oct. this year. Psychotropic drugs are subdivided by 4 classes depending on its ...
Government's incentive system for medical institution's low-priced drug purchase sparks criticism
As the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Hospitals Association are reportedly moving toward the introduction of a new incentive system for medical institution's low-priced drug purchase as part of reforming...
Toll manufacturing of functional health foods to be made available by KGMP-accredited firms only
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said recently that under the current functional health food law, its original draft on the regulatory provisions of KGMP-endorsed firms are being screened by the Ministry of Legislat...
Domestic pharmaceutical community showing apathy on Zuellig Korea's sales practice
Even after the Drug Development Association, a domestic wholesaler organization, is staging an all-out war against Zuellig Korea, the latter's highhanded sales practice has been under fire from some foreign-invested p...
Drug wholesalers internally binding themselves against Zuellig.
Even under the overall declaration of business challenges against Zuellig, the domestic drug wholesale community found that the Zuellig side still suspended prescription drug supplies to other wholesalers simply by ta...
Orphan drug centers to eligible for NHI reimbursement.
A part of orphan drugs will get NHI reimbursement as the Orphan Drug Center was nominated as an NHI medical institution as a result of the National Assembly's being passed its relevant provisions on Sept. 5
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