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KPTA confirms nomination of new chairman
The Korea Pharmaceutical Traders Association confirmed on February 19 the nomination of Lee Yoon-yoo, chairman of Daihan Pharm Co., as new chairman ahead of its general meeting on February 26.
The confirmation come...
HIRAS seeking to toughen bar code management
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRAS) and the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) agreed on February 19 to exchange information on drug related bar code system, facilitating the discover...
Incentive drugs for substitute dispensing decline in January
A total of 3,777 incentive drugs (including 155 control drugs), which have been endorsed by bioequivalence tests, are available for substitute dispensing as of January 31 this year, down 146 items compared with 3,923 ...
Sohn Gun-ik promoted to social welfare director of health ministry
Sohn Gun-ik, incumbent health policy director, has been recently promoted to social welfare director, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said.
Born in Youngil, North Gyeongsang Province, in 1956, Sohn began his bur...
HIRAS opens web site over 106,861 finished drugs
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said on February 9 that it has launched a website to introduce the general product information of 106,861 finished medicines per packaging unit, which are distributed...
Health watchdog to restrict use of similar tradename over renewal product
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it will not allow drugmakers to use any brand name by adding letter(s), word(s) or figure(s) to the already licensed medicine, citing a case that it rejected the use of Huon...
Health insurance allowance possible for Galvus
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said that the national health insurance has covered Galvus (vildagliptin), a new oral treatment for type 2 diabetes from February 1. The insurance price of Galvus 50 ...
KFDA to open patent website for 70 drugs
The Korea Food and Dug Administration plans to open its patent information website “Patent Infomedix” for small- and mid-sized pharmaceutical companies to get easier assess to various patent information of 70 medicine...
KIPO to work With KAIST on intellectual property
The Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) said it has agreed with the KAIST to work together in areas of nurturing entrepreneurs and intellectual property professionals.
The KIPO said it signed a memorandum of...
Deregulation to Pick Up Speed
The new government, which has vowed to give top priority to reviving the sagging local economy by fostering a more business-friendly local environment, will go ahead with drastic deregulation measures to cut regulator...
