News About: Goverment
Bioequivalence testing over new combination drugs to be made compulsory next July
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced that drug makers are required to conduct bioequivalence tests for new combination medicines from July next year as part of its efforts laid the foundation for Korean ph...
Asbestos-contaminated drugs to be scrapped
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on August 31 it will direct pharmaceutical companies to discard 1,104 drugs that are confirmed to have used talc or talcum powders with asbestos.
Under the environmental...
Patent office mulls compulsory license over Tamiflu
The Korea patent office said on September 1 it is willing to consider taking a compulsory measure that stops the patent period of Tamiflu, when the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs declares a state of em...
Government urged to improve medical service charges
The government will need to ameliorate the current health and medical system under which doctors are obliged to face low medical service fees, a doctor said.
“Rebates are illegal but take place because there is de...
2,410 cases of Tamiflu dispensed
Health authorities confirmed that a total of Tamiflu dispensing was made between August 21 and 30.
On August 24, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs designated 455 hospitals and pharmacies nationwide...
President Lee shakes up his secretaries
President Lee Myung-bak replaced five of his nine senior secretaries in a secretariat reshuffle aimed at enhancing policy coordination, publicity and relations with the National Assembly, Cheong Wa Dae said on August ...
KFDA launches national emergency unit
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on August 31 it will operate a national emergency unit to contain the H1N1 flu virus, which is spreading rapidly through community-level transmission, whose origin is uncert...
200,000 Koreans infected with flu for 2 years
The number of Koreans diagnosed with influenza has topped 200,000 for the recent two years, raising people's concerns over the flu, according to a government document.
“The number of flu patients has been on the gr...
Third death confirmed from influenza A
Korea’s third fatality is heightening flu fears further, putting the whole nation on full alert for the virus that is expected to gain strength in line with the onset of cooler weather in the months to come.
The 67...
20,000 Korean people could die from flu epidemic
The government expects the death toll from influenza A to reach 20,000 here in the worst-case scenario if it becomes an epidemic, thus raising people's concerns over the H1N1 flu virus.
According to data prepared j...
