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KPA will get tough on improper measures of some foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms
"Proper countermeasures are contemplating to cope with improper and lukewarm attitudes of some foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms in their dealing with substandard products and failure in providing accurate drug in...
Chongkundang jointly to develop DDS oral antibiotics.
Chongkundang announced to ink an agreement with Dasan Medichem, a drug dosage form research specialized venture company, on Oct. 24 for the joint development of an oral DDS antibiotic.
Dasan will apply the fine par...
Government willingness to go ahead with drug distribution reform project
The Committee of Health and Welfare of the National Assembly decided to support 4.0 billion won as an operating fund of the drug distribution information system on October 23.
Once the bill is to pass through the C...
Drug price re-evaluation system to take place from this December
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing to implement the drug price re-evaluation system from this December 1st after holding a two-week public hearings from October 23 and discussing related oppositions with th...
Post supervision on drug quality controls found loosen.
It is pointed out that the recent outbreak of drug incidences caused by the drug quality defects and manufacturing malpractices was an already predicted mishap resulting from the government's poor supervisory controls...
Medical treatment outlays of 50% clinics up 50%
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on October 28 that all medical treatment outlays of hospitals and clinics in the first half of 2001 and 2002 went up on the basis of the medical treatment outlays in the first h...
Pharmacist's recommendation of OTC drugs legally acceptable.
The MOHW officially interpreted it lawful on Oct. 22 against a civilian's inquiry over the subject of which the pharmacist could recommend any OTC drugs like Ssangwha Tang or a tonic drink for the patients who are pur...
Pharmacists wary of frequently erroneous prescriptions concentrated in Friday
The erroneous prescriptions have been most frequently issued in Friday every week, according to the statistics of outpatient prescription compiled by Choi Kyung-up, a pharmaceutical manager of Samsung Medical Center.
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Health ministry to hold public hearings on new drug plan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced recently it would hold public hearing on the reference price system in the Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs on this November 1st.
The public hearings will co...
Special inspection on injectable drug manufacturers.
In line with the earlier injectable drug accidents, killing and injuring many people in Gyeongnam province, the KFDA is going to take a special inspection over all injectable drug manufacturers to prevent any possible...
