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Envisaged DRG system under debate
In line with the government's proposed implementation of a new DRG (drug related group) system from this November, the debate has disrupted between the government and medical community.
In a recent public hearing o...
Wyeth Korea to introduce new version of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine from this November
Wyeth Korea said it would launch from this November a new version of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23PS), Prevnar, or heptavalent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) and can be given to younger chil...
Medical adhesives emerging as high value-added item
Stimulated by growing number of patent application and intensive studies by domestic pharmaceutical firms, domestic medical adhesive market has emerged as one of the enticing items in the near future, business sources...
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Due to Ch'usok, the Korean (version of) Thanksgiving Day English Yakup Daily will not publish September 10(Wednesday).
We resume publication on September 15(Monday), 2003.
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IMS to follow drug wholesaler's decision over information supplies.
The Pharmaceutical Business Development Council (PBDC) earlier decided not to supply any drug sales informations to Zuellig. In this connection, IMS Health Korea, who is allegedly connected with Zuellig, replied to th...
Korean scientist found p38 MAPK playing key role in tumor cell spread.A protein of communicating signals between cells that plays as a key role in the cancer cell's metastasis was discover by a Korean scientist.
Prof. Moon Ae-ri of Dukseong Un...
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Pharmaceutical firms bracing for administrative suit against price cut
As the Ministry of Health and Welfare will reduce health insurance prices of corresponding items from this Octobers 1st under the current actually transacted minimum price system, the majority of pharmaceutical firms ...
Outpatient prescription rate dropped by 2.4 percentage points
The outpatient prescription rate of medical institutions in 2002 stood at 64.3 percent, down 2.4 percentage points from a year earlier, according to statistics released by the Health Insurance Review Agency on Septemb...
KGC Sang-A to acquire Kyungnam Pharm
The Korea Green Cross Sang-A Pharm said it has acquired 70 percent stake of Kyungnam Pharm for taking over the latter's managerial right and the remaining equities would be reserved to the existing Kyungnam's sharehol...
Responsibilities for KFDA's Functional Foods Department.
After the promulgation of the Functional Health Food Act, the KFDA set up the responsible department with detailed job descriptions.
The KFDA announced through its website on Sept. 3 about the job descriptions and ...
