News About: Goverment
Cataract patients show 1.6-fold increase in 7 years
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) says the number of patients being treated for cataract has increased by 1.6 times over the past seven years.
In 2009, 775,000 people had their cataract treatment cov...
Rapid approval of drugs eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that it will revise the screening procedures for new rules as part of its efforts to provide better support for the domestic drug makers to develop specific drugs, ...
Pharmaceutical companies call for more deregulation
Domestic drug manufacturers have asked the government to ease drug related regulations, such as scope of toll manufacturing and bioequivalence, and heavy fines.
In a recent meeting with officials from the Korea Foo...
KFDA to go all-outs to support drug export
Korea aims to achieve $10 billion in annual drug export volume by 2015 by undertaking five core projects, a chief of the Korea Food Drug Administration said Wednesday.
In a brief gathering on February 16, the KFDA ...
Hospitals overcharge 4.8 billion won
Patients received about 4.8 billion won in medical fee refunds last year because some hospitals overcharged for health insurance coverage, health authorities said recently.
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment...
GMP standards to be simplified
If a persons to change and/or transfer a drug manufacturing site, the GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) evaluation criteria for a corresponding drug will be simplified, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administrat...
Will KFDA limit amount of acetaminophen to 325 mg per dosage unit for Ultracet ER tablets?
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has asked manufacturers to reformulate prescription drugs containing acetaminophen so that a single dosage unit containing a maximum of 325 mg acetaminophen. This includes...
Tinnitus patients doubled in 7 years
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said recently that the number of patients being treated for tinnitus (ringing in the ears) has almost doubled over the past seven years.
In 2009, 264,000 people had ...
KFDA to promote biosimilar industry
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently pledged to promote the biosimilar industry.
To this end, the drug agency will organize its task force team to provide proper consulting to local firms, with a pla...
Pediatric cancer treatment costs increased by 152% in 5 years
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said Monday that the national health insurance spent 73 billion won treating pediatric cancers last year, a 152.1 percent rise from 29 billion won in 2006.
In 2010...
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Celltrion completes clinical trials for Remsima SC for European approval
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