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Joint Drug Logistic Center scheduled to operate from March next year.
The joint drug logistic center project has been finalized with many efforts by drug manufacturers and wholesalers during the past 2 years.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Logistic Association (KPhLA) (President: Mr. Lee H...
Drug wholesalers to spur establishment of logistic centers.
Drug wholesalers decided to speed up establishing the pharmaceutical logistic center.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Logistic Cooperative Association (Chairman: Mr. Lee Hee-koo) took a working level meeting on Dec. 21 ....
Number of products required for bio-equivalency tests to readjust.
The revised pharmaceutical affairs law allows pharmacists to dispense prescription drugs for other substitutive analogues only within the category of biological preparations. Accordingly, the products required for the...
Local pharmacy academy accelerates international scientific exchange program.
Many local pharmacy colleges have recently shown a promising stir-up movement, by attempting to activate international scientific study exchange programs including an establishment of sisterhood relationships with for...
Drug industry to expand more bio-technology business.
Recently a bio-technology business has turned up especially boosted by the Korea Technology Exchange Corporation (KTEC) and the Korea New Drug Research Association (KNDRA).
The KTEC was formed as a juridical founda...
National health insurance to cover more non-prescription drugs.
From the next year the national health insurance scheme coverage seems to be expanded more to non-prescription drugs, which has been optional for the drug company to participate in the medical insurance scheme. Except...
Drug company in high efforts for their products entry into common prescription drug list.
The common prescription drug list has to be prepared by each regional medical community organization and to transfer it to the same regional pharmacist's community under the current revised medical reform program, mos...
At least 5 new drugs possibly to commercialize in 2001.
Since the first national new drug "Sunpla" being commercialized by a local drug research company in 1999, other domestic new drugs are following on.
It is foreseen that at least 5 new drugs will be commercialized ...
First consultation fee charged by medium and large hospitals to rise by 1,000 won.
Taking effect from Jan. 1, next year the first medical consultation fee at 30 beds or more hospitals will be increased now from 7,400 won to 8,400 won.
The MOHW held the Health Insurance Evaluation and Coordinatio...
Quasi-drugs to label its prices on package.
According to the regulation titled "The gist of price labelling for cosmetics and quasi-drugs", which was modified from "the gist of price labelling for cosmetics" and will take effect from Jan. 1, next year, all quas...
