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6,857 drugs withdrawn from health insurance
The National Health Insurance has excluded a total of 6,857 drugs from the list of 21,740 insured medicines in 2006 and as a result, there are 14,883 medicines that are covered by the Health Insurance as of January th...
Bioequivalence guideline for capecitabine makes public
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has published a new bioequivalence guideline for capecitabine tablets, defining that generic makers should conduct the above testing in patients with colorectal cancers breast ca...
KFDA to strengthen on-spot inspection
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to undertake its on-spot inspection on the manufacturing facilities of imported drugs overseas in a bid to prevent the importation of any sub-substandard products.
To t...
KFDA builds clinical database
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on June 30 it has established a comprehensive database incorporating a total of 600 clinical trials worldwide.
The drug agency said it has compiled comprehensive clinical...
Concurrent validation program to be necessary for Stillen and Joins generics by 2012
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says Korean firms producing a generic version of herbal medicines, such as Dong-A’s Stillen and SK Chemicals’ Joins, are obliged to perform concurrent validation program by 2012,...
Financial costs for pharmacy in debate
The government’s plan to acknowledge pharmacy rebate as a official financial cost has still triggered heated controversy among pharmaceutical wholesalers.
The Korean Association for Pharmaceutical Wholesaler will m...
Government positive about separation of drug dispensing from medical practice
The Ministry of Health and Welfare Affairs said on June 25 the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice has contributed to preventing the possible abuse and misuse of medicines.
In a sympo...
Decreased coverage for minor diseases
The government will lower health insurance benefits for treatment of minor illnesses while increasing coverage for severe diseases, The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs announced on June 24.
In a ma...
Korea to adopt EU GMP regulations
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it would redraw some of the country’s detailed GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) standards to the European Union’s GMP.
“EU GMP regulations are defined in a more comprehe...
Pharmacies earn average 10.65 million won as monthly dispensing charge
Korea’s total healthcare expenditure amounted to 10.72 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, the Health Insurance Review Assessment and Service said on June 24.
The national health insurance spent 2.71 tr...
