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Central supervisory task force team on action from Feb.
The KFDA is going to set up the Central Supervisory Task Force Team (Central Team) for eliminating irregular and illegal drugs from February this year.
In fact the mobile supervisory squads were already established...
Prices for drugs and medical services to readjust.
In the President Transition Committee meeting under the presence of President-elect Roh Moo-hyun at the 6th floor of the government office building on Jan. 22 and in the discussion meeting with respective Ministers, M...
CML patients prefer to import generic products of Glivec
Informed sources say that chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) patients will brace for another method of purchasing the copy products of Glivec, as the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on January 21 that it has set t...
Household medicines should be allowed at supermarkets, SCMSD says
The Special Committee for Medical System Development, which raised some controversy on the proposed revision of the current medical law including drug dispensing in addition to medical practice, has claimed that the s...
Helfline project affecting unified drug distribution plan
Domestic wholesaling industry are keenly interested in the establishment of both drug distribution information center and drug distribution cooperative, as this matter may affect the unified drug distribution plan amo...
Reimbursement price of 382 drugs adjusted
The MOHW held a meeting of Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee on January 21 and decided to adjust the ceiling prices of 382 drugs.
351 reimbursed drugs comprise five new drugs, one new ingredient and 34...
Administrative litigation on unfair reimbursement price reduction
Pharmaceutical business sources say that the third-round administrative litigation designed to invalidate some items for which reduction in reimbursement price was unilaterally made by the government, will be first ex...
Health ministry to introduce dental specialist system within this year
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced on January 21 that it will draft a law concerning the training and qualification of dental specialists and its enforcement regulation until the oncoming February 20 ...
KPA to confirm soft-landing of medical/pharmacy separation system.
President Seok-won Han of the KPA stressed to say in his new year press interview for the Association's key projects in 2003 and the current status of the KPA on Jan. 20 that the 2003 should be the year for the medic...
KMA wants rational treatment charge
Pharmaceutical sources say that representatives of the Korea Medical Association (KMA) including chairman Shin Sang-chin called on Minister Kim Sung-ho of the Ministry of Health and Welfare and suggested that the redu...
