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NovoSeven to benefit from health insurance
The health ministry announced on July 27 that the insurance price of Novo Nordisk’s NovoSeven 60KIU will increase to 1.2 million won from 929,674 won from next month.
The government said on July 21 that the insuran...
KFDA to strengthen ADR monitoring
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has unveiled its plan to step up the function of adverse drug reaction system
Korea had the lowest reporting rate on drug related side effects – 20 cases per 1 million people,...
Voluntary agreement against illegal rebate unveiled
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association and the Korean Research-Based Pharmaceutical Industry Association have come up with detailed standards defining rebates in their self-imposed agreement for transpare...
80% are displeased with medication costs
About 80 percent of subscribers show dissatisfaction about the current drug cost system, a poll said recently.
According to the survey conducted by the National Health Insurance Corporation, 79.3 percent called for...
cGMP system is on right track, KFDA says
The current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) system, which was introduced in July last year, has been put on the right track, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
The health watchdog said a total ...
Medical specialists calls for hepatitis A vaccination
Korea should work out preventive measures over hepatitis A as the number of those infected reached about 9,600 in just one year, according to the Korean Association for the Study of the Liver.
The association recom...
Government to raise NovoSeven insurance price by 35% on average
The government said on July 21 that the insurance price of Novo Nordisk’s NovoSeven will increase by 35% on average, as the health ministry and Novo Nordisk reached an agreement over the controversial price negotiatio...
Government to get tough on duplicate prescriptions
Patient will not be able to receive the duplicate prescription of same medicines over the same disease from three hospitals from August, according to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.
The health ...
Drugs can spur photosensitivity reactions
In summer, drug-induced photosensitivity reactions (sensitivity to UVA rays of the sun or tanning devices) may result in an exaggerated sunburn or, more rarely, an allergic reaction with itching and a blister-...
55 pharmaceutical manufacturers given summary indictment over blacklisted drugs
The Seoul Central Prosecutors Office has recently lodged a summary indictment against 55 pharmaceutical manufacturers and 4 baby powder makers for using cheap Chinese talc containing asbestos.
The prosecutors said ...
