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NIH to change its name as "Disease Control Agency".
The MOHW said that the National Institute of Health (NIH) should be expanded and reorganized as to be more responsible for the prevention of the epidemic diseases like SARS , and therefore the institute could be chang...
MOHW to toughen regulations on compulsory issuance of two sheets of prescription
Any doctors found not to issue two sheets of prescription, should be subject to administration disposition to ensure better operation of SDP function and guarantee on patient's right to know, said Kim Wha-jung, Minist...
Korea Green Cross to inaugurate new life insurance company
Korea Green Cross Corporation, which was chosen as a final bidder of ailing Daeshin Life Insurance on March 26, is set to apply for the approval of a new company "Green Cross Life Insurance" to the Financial Superviso...
KPA opposed establishment of national oriental medical college
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced in the official statement to oppose the establishment of the oriental medical college affiliated to the national university because of its contradicted policy again...
Marketing activities by domestic drug industries on alert.
The National Tax Service (NTS) may reinforce to impose a proof of burdens to the industry for their entertainment expenses, which triggered alert especially to the domestic pharmaceutical companies.
So far the NTS ...
Domestic wholesalers to grapple with soaring stockpile of drugs
Under the current business slowdown dampened by higher oil prices and soft consumer sentiment tied to the war and the nuclear concern on the Korean peninsula, the recent growing behaviors of some pharmaceutical firms ...
AIDS patients in Korea topped 2,122
As of the end of March this year, a total of 2,122 Koreans were found to have been carrying AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), according to a report released by the National Institute of Health.
The report...
KPA to tackle establishment of corporate pharmacy, other issues
The Policy Planning Board of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association held a recent meeting to deal with major undertakings of outstanding pharmaceutical matters, the contents of which are as follows:
1) Establishment ...
MSD Korea receives good rating in corporate governance
MSD Korea said recently it has ranked 7th in terms of Korea's excellent corporate governance structure, according to a joint survey conducted by Asian Wall Street Journal, Maeil Business Newspaper and Hewitt Associate...
"Factive" inducing foreign capital investment.
For the first time in Korea "Factive", a novel antibiotic agent originally developed by LGCI, has been approved by the U. S. FDA, indicating its high technology of Korea for the new drug manufacture and the sustained ...
