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Growing complaints on criteria of insurance reimbursement in digestives
Recently, many pharmacists are having difficulty judging the criteria of insurance claim between the drugs subject to patient's out-of-pocket portion by 100/100 and non-insurance covered drugs, in line with the ongoin...
4 foreign drug companies under investigation.
The public prosecutor's investigation against multinational drug corporations including E. Lilly, Pfizer, Pharmacia and MSD Korea seems to be conducted very soon especially over the financial supports for the physicia...
Bioequivalence test is unlikely to be effective
In the regular business report by the Korea Food and Administration (KFDA), the parliamentary members belonging to the Committee of Health and Welfare pointed out that the bioequivalence test has proven to be ineffect...
Post drug pricing controls shall be wholly reviewed
By taking a chance for the public hearing at the National Assembly Health and Welfare Committee the pharmaceutical industry raised strong opinions that the current post drug pricing control policy should be entirely r...
Summer sales of pharmacy cosmetics predicted to fall by 30 percent
Business sources say the domestic pharmacy cosmetics makers during this summer have suffered serious setbacks in the aftermath of World Cup games and their estimated sale as of this July are likely to drop by 30 perce...
Committee of H&W to question the alleged lobbying of multinational firms
In the July 25 National Assembly committee of Health and Welfare, several lawmakers grilled Vice Health and Welfare Minister Shin Un-hang, who attended on behalf of Kim Sung Ho, the new health and welfare minister, ov...
Drug price scandals boosted KMA to claim abolishment of reform program.
The KMA recently appealed to put the responsible officials on the public hearing for the drug price scandals implicated with foreign multinational drug corporations in the process of implementing the medical reform pr...
KFDA cautions adverse reactions in ticlopidine HCl therapy
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said it recommended the local doctors to conduct the regular hematology and liver functions tests in patients receiving ticlopidine HCl preparations (41 pharmaceutical fir...
Natural product-based emerging as promising item
Following the recent clinical reports that the prolonged use of chemical hormone therapeutics, such as estrogen and progesterone, has been associated with the occurrence of uterine cancer, breast cancer, thrombosis, h...
Conglomerates to step into pharmacy markets.
A pharmacy market entry by the conglomerates has been slowly surfaced. Recently SK declared their business launching into the drug store markets and other conglomerates attempted to knock the door cautiously.
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