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Sales promotion by POP sticker legally possible.
As a promotional tool for an OTC drug, the drug company has utilize so called POP advertising campaign displayed at pharmacies, which is quite a normal activity and legally possible within the authorized scope of its ...
Activation of domestic OTC market urged to stabilize NHIC's finance
The domestic OTC (over the counter) market, which has played a pivotal role for better people's health under the concept of self-medication during the past 50 years, is now facing serious challenges after implementati...
Medical treatment charge for psychiatric patients up 10 percent
The medical treatment charge for psychiatric patients has increased from this January by 10 percent after a three-year freeze since November 1999, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.
According to the ministry,...
Delegation of administrative disposition on drug, etc. to regional KFDA eyed
The government announced it revised a rule on delegation of administrative authority for the envisaged implementation during this January after consultation with a Cabinet meeting.
Under the revised rule, some aut...
Acupuncture Effects on Fertility identified in America
Dr. Raymond Chang of Cornell University and Meridian Medical in New York and his research colleagues have discovered that acupuncture can help reduce stress, increase blood flow to the reproductive organs and help nor...
KFDA to operate Thursday Dialogue Room
The Drug Safety Bureau (DSB) of the Korea Food and Drug Administration will open a Thursday Dialogue Room from January 1st this year for six-month test-run period, enabling citizens, including related organizations an...
Yuhan Corporation awarded Korea's most reliable enterprise prize this year
The Korea CEO Association and the Korea Economic Daily announced on December 29 announced that Yuhan Corporation was selected one of the most reliable this year enterprises in Korea, including Samsung Electronics, Ind...
Prices of 2,732 items will be lowed by average 7.2% in 2003
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and the Korea Food and Drug Administration announced 2003 major policies and system, the salient points of which are as follows:
1) Heath insurance sector
- The reimburs...
Preferential measures on bioequivalence-proven items eyed
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced on December 31 that it revised the calculation criteria of drug ceiling price (Attachment No. 1) concerning the determination and adjustment of new medical technolog...
HIRA's reviews on bills to notify twice a month.
Effective from the next year the HIRA's (Health Insurance Review Agency) review over the account settlement claimed by medical institutions will be adjusted and notified monthly twice instead of once considering that ...
