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Promotion of OTCs needed for better SDP functionThe substitute drug dispensing system should be activated for more efficient undertaking of a system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function) and peopl...
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Madam. Kim Wha-joong to be MOHW minister.The Roh Moo-hyun's new government may appoint Madam Kim Wha-joong as the minister of MOHW on Feb. 24, it is said.
At first Prof. Kim Yong-ik of SNU Medical School was the mos...
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11 wholesalers take legal action on Hanyang University Hospital
11 drug wholesalers, being informed from Hanyang University Hospital that their agreement was terminated at the end of last week, had an urgent meeting on February 24, claiming that the hospital's arbitrary terminatio...
Integration of R&D funding urged
The three government agencies' divided R&D support programs in favor of small amounts - Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Science and Technology, and Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy is mainly resp...
Pharmacy corner shops turned to be a hurdle
After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, the establishment of so called "Shop inside shop" in the retail pharmacy spreaded widely with explosive popular from the last year expectin...
Restricted prescription by generic name is probable
Informed sources say that President-elect Roh Moo-hyun's transition team formulated on February 21 the overall drug-related reforms involving a switch for doctor's prescription by generic name, re-establishment of ins...
Pharmaceuticals, one of key nation's strategic industries.
The pharmaceutical industry, a high value added industry, should be fostered as one of the core national strategic industries in terms of its economic contribution.
Chairman Yu Seung-pil of the KPMA board of direct...
Domestic drug industry lacking efficient "Brand" management.
It is widely prevailed that the brand management by the domestic pharmaceutical industry appeared with far substandard level compared to other advanced countries.
Under the circumstances that a better "Brand" imag...
Novartis Korea to offer cash compensation program for leukemia patients in Korea
The Korea Orphan Drug Center said that those patients taking Glivec from this February will benefit from Novartis Korea's compensation program to cover patient's out-of-pocket of Glivec's treatment costs by ten percen...
Yuhan awarded Economic Justice Enterprise Prize
Yuhan Corporation was selected as the most prominent pharmaceutical firm from the 12th Economic Justice Enterprise Prize ceremony that was hosted by the Korea Economic Justice Institute under Citizens' Coalition for E...
