News About: Goverment
KFDA gear ups deregulation speed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it will go ahead with drastic deregulation measures to make local pharmaceutical industry competitive in a global arena.
The health watchdog said on May 7 that if the ph...
Generalized hospitals to face tougher selection rule
Medical institutions looking to be reselected as generalized hospitals must follow standard guidelines, beginning May 7.
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs announced its newly revised health and med...
Validation rules for pharmaceutical firms to be eased
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said the health watchdog make efforts to increase the acceptability range of controversial validation system for domestic drug makers, while pushing up with such system.
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Speedy screening for product license contemplatedThe Korea Food and Drug Administration says it has recently launched a task force team to shorten the review of drug applications, which have been delayed.
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KFDA to launch written bioequivalence screening
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to screen the written bioequivalence test results of 45 clinical research organizations (CROs) and 40 medical institutions until this month, as part of its efforts to enhan...
Presidential aide resigns
President Lee Myung-bak accepted the resignation of senior presidential secretary Park Mee-sok, senior presidential secretary for social affairs and welfare, over allegations of property speculation and plagiarism, a ...
Government, Pfizer Korea to set up PK/PD training center
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affair and Pfizer Korea agreed to establish a PK/PD modeling/simulation training center by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) about the center at the Chosun Hotel in...
Government won't change health insurance system
The government has no reason to change the current national health insurance system, according to Kim Soung-yee, Minister of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.
Korea's health insurance system should be maintained ...
Kim Hyung-rae named NIH director
Kim Hyung-rae, incumbent chief of the Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention, was named as the next director of National Institute of Health, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affair said on April 29...
Price of new AIDS medication angers patients
Can AIDS patients be able to get cheaper and better drugs this year?
Now all eyes are on the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affair committee's decision on the price of Fuzeon, a new drug for the disease.
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