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Wholesalers to face penalty over illegal storage of drugs in hospital
Pharmaceutical wholesales who intend to preserve some drugs in hospital will subject to administrative dispositions from December 1 this year, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Under the current regu...
Health minister triggers concerns over unified distribution system
Will Minister of Health and Welfare Chin Soo-hee push the scrapping of the controversial unified distribution system?
During a parliamentary audit to the Ministry of Health and Welfare on October 22, Chin said the ...
Health minister opposes extension of unified distribution system
Minister of Health and Welfare Chin Soo-hee affirmed her position to scrap the unified distribution system at the end of this year without further extension.
In a recent parliamentary inspection, Chin said the mini...
KFDA to get tough over DMF system
From January 2011, local importers of bulk materials will be obliged to gain a prior written approval from original manufactures of the corresponding bulk materials, when they are to additionally notify to the Korea F...
Government urged to inspect pharmacy-prescribed drugs
A lawmaker said that the government should investigate the status of pharmacy-prescribed drugs in regions where the system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice is not applied.
In a parliamentary insp...
Health insurance possible for Herceptin in minor breast cancer patients
In the case of Roche’s Herceptin (trastuzumab), the government is set to expand its support for patients suffering from earlier stage breast cancer who have not shown any metastasis in lymph node but with tumor size o...
Health insurance to cover Nexavar in liver patients
The national health insurance is expected to cover Bayer’s Nexavar (sorafenib) tablets in patients with last-stage liver cancer, according to the government.
In a parliamentary inspection on October 19, the Health ...
KFDA relocation project to Osong raises concerns
The five health-related government agencies - the Korea Food and Drug Administration, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute of Toxicological Research, the Korea Health Industry D...
Korean drugs are expensive
A survey of 26 major medicines showed that Korean drugs are expensive by global standards, according to a lawmaker.
Citing data of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Rep. Sohn Sook-mi of the ruling...
Medical and dispensing charge to raise average 2% in 2011
The National Health Insurance Corporation said on October 19 that it has come to an agreement with four medical and pharmaceutical organizations about next year’s medical and dispensing charge in the range of about 2-...
