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Government to ease service-sector regulation for competitiveness
The government plans to ease regulations and expand support for the service sector as part of efforts to enhance its competitiveness and fuel overall economic growth, according to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and F...
Essential drugs should be marketed at supermarkets, the KMA says
The Korean Medical Association is arguing that the government will have to allow some essential drugs, such as digestives, to be sold at supermarkets.
“It will be nicer for consumers to have easy access to the pill...
Government pressed to develop vaccine for H1N1 influenza
As many governments including Korea are rushing to stockpile Tamiflu drugs amid public concerns over H1N1 influenza, experts said the Korean government should focus on developing a vaccine for the disease.
“Tamif...
Rising cancer medication costs burden health insurance
Korea has been facing a headache with soaring medication spending on cancer treatment since its national health insurance coverage expanded from 2006.
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s data found...
Validation on OTC products to take place in July
Pharmaceutical firms are required to conduct validation procedures on over-the-counter medicines from this July on a mandatory basis.
Sources say such obligatory validation rules on OTC products will help expel a n...
Korea University to set up pharmacy college
Korea University plans to check the feasibility of establishing a pharmacy college.
The idea of setting up the pharmacy college was make public by President Lee Ki-soo of Korea University at a Seoul Press Center fo...
Limited insurance coverage on ADHD medications
Doctors should carefully prescribe medicines for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) per different age groups as those aged over 19 and under 65 years are excluded from health insurance benefi...
2nd case of influenza A confirmed, health ministry says
The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said on May 5 that the second case of influenza A has been confirmed from a 44-year-old nun who is living with a 51-year-old nun, the first Korean confirmed to be of...
Health insurance covers Tamiflu and Relenza
The national insurance covers Tamiflu and Relenza, antiviral drugs, from May 1, in the prevention and treatment of swine influenza, it was announced by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs on April 30.
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KFDA to assess safety of clevudine
Now all eyes are on the Korea Food and Drug Administration Committee’s decision on the safety problems of Levovir (clevudine), an investigatory hepatitis B treatment.
The KFDA will be given advice from the Central ...
