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Korea Pharmaceutical Information Foundation to establish at end of this month.
The KPA announced to establish the Korea Pharmaceutical Information Foundation (KPIF), a juridical foundation, around the end of this month under joint investments by 3 pharmaceutical organizations, the KPA, the KPMA ...
First technology exchange business between Korea and China soon to come.
The Korea and China Technology Exchange Cooperation Agency(KCTECA)(Representative:Mr. Chung Yun-wan, www.skttc.co.kr) inaugurated its business service at the grand conference room of Samwhan Camu building for an excha...
Key issues reflected to revised bill of pharmaceutical affairs law.
The key issues earlier agreed in the 3 way talks among the government, the medical and the pharmacy representative groups will be reflected to the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law. The revised bill conta...
Upper limit of medication charge for fixed dispensing fees set up to 10,000 won.
At present pharmacists get dispensing fees fixed at 2,200 won directly from patients for their medication charges up to 8,000 won in maximum, but the upper limit of 8,000 won will be increased to 10,000 won in order f...
Drug industry to spur market expansion of nutritional supplements.
Aiming at the 960 billion won worth of the nutritional supplement market this year the pharmaceutical industry accelerated to put many efforts into the market for taking over better shares, which indirectly helped a g...
Drug price slash unlikely to bring insurance fund saving effects
Managing director Shin Suk-woo of the KPMA reported a study paper titled "the pharmaceutical industry development in the 21st century" in the seminar held at Moonmak, Kangwon province on Dec. 1. He suggested in the me...
Registration guideline for gene therapeutic agent soon to enact.
The KFDA announced to establish the guidelines of the health registration and clinical test for gene therapeutic agents to take effect from Dec. 5 in order to foster a sound bio-engineering industry and to protect peo...
Gastric motility drug markets on remarkable changes.
Cisapride preparations were recalled from the market due to serious cardiovascular side effects, the market of which has generated about 100 billion won in Korea. Now, this market will be deadly competitive to fill wi...
Bio-equivalency test standard to reinforce
The KFDA plans to reinforce the bio-equivalency test standard to make its objectivity and to protect the testee's human rights. The standards will limit the number of overlapped testee's participation in the test and ...
Medical and Pharmacy communities jointly presented revised bill of pharmaceutical affairs law.
The medical and pharmacy communities will jointly present the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law containing the current medical reform programs that had been recently agreed among the government, the medic...
