News About: Goverment
NICE emphasizes on transparency and cost-effectiveness in drug evaluationWe have gained a high profile internationally as a potential role model for the explicit prioritization of health services, according to Dr. Andrew Dillon of the Health and Clin...
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KFDA revises labeling regulations over functional health foods
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it has implemented the revised labeling regulations of health functional foods from June 25, as part of efforts to let consumers distinguish health functional foods from gen...
KFDA to hire eight doctors
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it would employ a total of 52 new faces, including high-notch medical professionals and experienced employees in the current good manufacturing practice (GMP), in the latter...
Government to sue against 92 pharmaceutical firms
The National Health Insurance Corporation said on June 23 it will file a civil suit against local 92 pharmaceutical manufacturers, calling for the return of medication costs paid to 229 items whose market authorizatio...
Government plans regional KFDA shakeup
The government is scheduled to announce the replacement of six regional commissioners of the Korea Food and Drug Administration sooner or later, aside from the planned disbandment of the regional agencies.
The six ...
KFDA approves Requip PD tablets, once-daily non-ergot dopamine agonist
GlaxoSmithKline announced the approval of Requip PD (ropinirole extended-release tablets) in Korea for the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. The product will be available in pharma...
Bioequivalence data fabrication haunts drug makers
The controversy over the bioequivalence data fabrication will flare again the Korea Medical Association plans to make public about a list of 500 medicines whose bioequivalence data were manipulated in collaboration wi...
Government likely to appoint six regional KFDA directors next month
With the government plan to disband the six regional agencies of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, attention has been focused on possible six candidates of six regional KFDA directors, according to pharmaceutica...
Lee Chin-soo becomes NCC presidentThe government announced on June 17 that it has appointed Lee Chin-soo, a renowned specialist in lung cancer, as the fourth president of the National Cancer Center, according to...
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Doctor to become HIRA headChang Jong-ho, former chairman of the Korean Federation of Medical Foundation, will like become a new president of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.
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