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Exposing Pharmacies That Committed Prearranged Activity Is Practically Difficult
As the problem of prearranged activities between medical institutions and pharmacies becomes more serious, it is undermining the settlement of the separation system between pharmacies and clinics because the agency in...
KFDA instructed for Gleevec to be properly administered.
The KFDA instructed the medical, hospital and pharmacist associations to administer Gleevec, a therapeutic agent for a chronic myeloid leukemia according to the approved indications and efficacies, because its use rec...
Medical Supplies Imported From Japan Required to Prove Safety From Mad Cow Disease
While imports of processed food and food products from Japan that use ruminant as raw material were temporarily suspended effective September 13, a policy in Korea now also requires importers of medical supplies, cosm...
Urgent Centralization of Food Safety Management
A suggestion was made for the urgent centralization of the country's food safety management system, the function of which is distributed to seven agencies including the Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA), Ministr...
Long-Term View Required for Investment in Biotechnology ResearchSuggestions have been forwarded to make a steady investment in biotechnology research with a long-term view of 10 years ahead instead of pushing things in a hurry to achieve the...
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Insured Price of Glivec Set at 25,000 Won on Condition of 30% of Complementary Donation
The insured price of Glivec, which has attracted attention as a treatment for marrow-type chronic leukemia, has increased to 25,000 won on the condition that 30% of the quantity of the drug would be donated to patient...
Hot Competition to Cover C-TRI, Pre-Listed Company at Kosdaq
C-TRI, a bioscience corporation due to be listed at Kosdag, has been receiving so much attention from the media after being acknowledged for its growth potential.
Public opinion indicates that the significant at...
Common prescription drug list seems long time delayed to present.
The medical communities seem to delay in presenting the common prescription drug list seems to respective regional pharmacist associations for quite a period of time.
In the KMA standing director's meeting on Sept....
MOHW Plans to Introduce Profit Model for Electronic Insurance Card
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to establish a reasonable profit model similar to the one used for credit cards and electronic money to reduce business expenses for the introduction of the electronic insuranc...
Import of functional foods 60% up at 173,300 million won.
Functional foods including health supplement and special nutritional products showed an increasing import and a fast growing in the market.
Korea Health Supplement and Special Nutritional Food Association cited the...
