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Health ministry to get tough on monitoring of long-term care hospitals
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will strengthen its duty in monitoring long-term care hospitals, taking follow-up measures against overcharging cases within the year.
Since January 2008, the government has adjus...
President praises pharmacists’ devotion
President Lee Myung-bak has lauded pharmacists to encourage them to protect public health
In a televised speech delivered at the National Pharmacists Convention on May 2, he said the current system of separating d...
Health minister asks pharmacists’ help
Pharmacists should jointly cope with the government to prevent the selling of OTC products at supermarkets, Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae-hee said on May 2.
In a congratulatory speech at the ...
Government to overhaul drug reclassification system
The government will push for a regulation change to allow the reclassification of medicinal products at all times, thus enabling consumers to have easy access to the drugs.
The Free Trade Commission will formulate ...
Assembly panel passes bill on sanctions of doctors and pharmacists
The Judiciary Committee of the National Assembly passed a bill on April 28 aimed at dual punishment on both the giving and receiving ends of illegal rebates.
The majority of 194 lawmakers voted for the legislation,...
Bioequivalence to become compulsory for generic combination drugs
From this October, generic combinations drugs produced cheaply in Korea must prove they are equivalent to the patented medicines on which they are modeled, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said on April 27.
T...
KFDA to overhaul duplicate API management system
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering ameliorating the current double management system of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API).
The drug agency is attempting to integrate both the drug master fi...
National Assembly to pass anti-rebate bill
When it comes to bribery in the medical field, it is mostly the companies offering the bribes that are subject to prosecution in the local pharmaceutical industry. In the future, however, those who accept kickbacks in...
KFDA seeks to boost production of OTCs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has unveiled its plan to upgrade the standardized manufacturing rules aiming at expanding the number of new over-the-counter drugs and quasi-drugs.
To this end, the health wat...
HIRAS to revise economic effectiveness guideline for medicines
The Health Insurance Review Assessment and Service said on April 19 that it is considering modifying the economic effectiveness guideline for medicines by reflecting the recent scientific outcomes and local research s...
