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Regional KPA to protest against the selling of OTCs in supermarkets
The Daejeon chapter of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association has strongly called for the immediate withdrawal of OTCs sales in supermarkets, which is being promoted by United Liberal Demacrats (ULD) as one of their par...
Improvement of SDP function eyed
With the June 13 local elections only two weeks away, the SDP function is now emerging as one of political hot issues in Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), Grand National Party (GNP) and United Liberal Demacrats (ULD)...
KRPIA calls for reappraisal of medical insurance drug prices
The Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry Association (KRPIA) has recently demanded the reappraisal of medical insurance drug prices through the previous review, according to its statement submitted to the Min...
MOCIE to push for drug-related electronic commerce
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has recently announced that a series of measures have been contemplated to push for drug-related electronic commerce in more restrictive scope. To this end, the MOCIE will...
KFDA to ameliorate drug review system.
The KFDA intends to improve the drug review system including the examination on new drugs more reasonably.
The current drug review system was adopted from 1995, and should be ideally ameliorated in its number of s...
KFDA banned sales of Rubini strain MMR vaccine
The KFDA decided to suspend temporarily the sale of Rubini strain MMR vaccines until the time when the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council presents the data to prove its efficacy and other epidemiological survey re...
Mounting discontent on new implementation of DMF and BGMP systems
With the impeding implementation of Drug Master File (DMF) and Bulk Good Manufacturing Practice (BGMP) on July 1, there are mounting discontents with these systems from many drug bulk importers, although the governmen...
Entertainment expenses limited at 50 thousand won level.
The KPMA drafted detailed fair trade provisions covering the entertainment expense limits including a food and beverage and gifts at 50 thousand won per a physician or pharmacist that usually provided in the event of ...
Civic group declared not to partake in Special Commission.
Civic and labour groups including a health related civilian coalition and the Citizen's Coalition for Participatory Democracy declared on May 28 in their statement that they would not take part in the Special Commissi...
Systematic management for health foods eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) says it is contemplating a series of new measures designed to ameliorate health foods-regulations, including:
- The mandatory description scope on the adverse reactions...
