News About: Goverment
MFDS enlarge support for drug approval, assessment and consulting
In order to support Korean pharmaceutical companies to rapidly commercialize products they developed and enter the global market, the government will enlarge the tailored support, such as drug approval, assessment and...
78 cases of compensation for drug damage relief got paid off last year
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has reportedly paid 78 cases of compensation under the drug damage relief system in 2017.
Interesting points were that there were 12 cases of temporary compensation for death and ...
KSHP requests for including pharmacists in the group of people designated for patient safety
The Korean Society of Health-system Pharmacists(President Eun-Sook Lee, KSHP) has strongly requested for revision to the Patient Safety Act so that pharmacists could be included in the group of people designated for p...
MFDS plans to approve 3 medicines developed in Korea through support for commercialization
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced a plan to generate more than 3 new drugs developed in Korea by revising the medical approval system and supporting Korean pharmaceutical companies to commercialize ...
Will the survey of highly consumed OTC drugs stay remained?
While the people have constantly criticized necessity of price investigation on highly-consumed OTC drugs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) has had more concerns since the investigation got terminated last yea...
HIRA busy with the plan to give health insurance benefits on uninsured medical services
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service(President Seung-Taek Kim, HIRA) seems to spur on carrying out the ‘Change of Clinically Uninsured Services to Insured.’
In the materials for the National Assembly work...
Legal bases for ‘A.I. New Drug R&D Investment Standards’
A revision bill was proposed to respond to the issue of having reverse effects by conflicts against the current regulations when developing new drugs using artificial intelligence(A.I.).
The Minjoo Party Rep. Jae-Sae...
MFDS decides to take contract manufacturing services for 3 products on Korean pharmas
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) has a plan to enlarge the amount of national essential medicines to safely supply in Korea by signing more manufacturing contracts with pharmaceutical companies.
In order to...
Government reflects conditions about ‘Rebate market’ to respond to drugs confusing distribution order
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will revise the operational guideline so that price of drugs confusing distribution order will not drop in the rebate market.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister Neung-Hoo P...
Government will carry out tightening support standards for international symposiums in accordance with the draft
It seems the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission(ACRC) would carry out the ‘Proposal of Recommendation on Revision of Rebate Custom in the Health Care Field,’ which contains articles about the tightened support ...
