News About: Goverment
Roche Korea's brinkmanship tactics draws criticism
Roche Korea, a Korean branch of Swiss based multination drugmaker, is under fire for allegedly raising the insurance price Fuzeon (enfuvirtide), new class of AIDS drugs.
Fuzeon works by preventing the AIDS virus fr...
Health ministry looks into doctors
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on February 25 it has embarked on looking into about 100 doctors who are suspected of having taken bribes from 10 local pharmaceutical companies, based on data provided by the F...
KFDA's senior civil servant tenders resignationThe Korea Food and Drug Administration said on February 26 it has accepted the resignation of Moon Byung-woo, assistant director of the KFDA who were suspected of having used a ...
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Drug makers face probe over small package system
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled its plan to scrutinize the country's pharmaceutical firms in relation to their uncooperative attitude involving small packets of medicine.
KFDA officials said the adm...
Health ministry mulls designation of digestives as quasi-drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering expanding the scope of quasi-drugs to digestives and preparations for intestinal flora.
In response to some proposals by the presidential transition committee and a...
Civic group calls for OTC selling at supermarkets
The government should allow supermarkets to sell OTC products, including digestives, analgesics and antipyretics, according to the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice.
In a statement, the civic group noted pro...
KPMA backs bioequivalence testing stern measures on generic data fabrication
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says its harsh dispositions to cancel the licenses of pharmaceutical firms' six generic drugs on charge of bioequivalence data fabrication are deemed undisputable.
The health ...
Health ministry to promote private health insurance
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says it is considering introducing a private insurance system as part of its efforts to back the current health insurance system.
However, the ministry says that as things stand, ...
National health insurance covers 55.8% in 2007
The nation's health insurance coverage stood at 55.8 percent last year, which was somewhat different from the government's target of 60.0 percent, according to the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.
The ...
30 doctors and pharmacists scramble to run for general election
More than 30 doctors and pharmacists are staging cutthroat competition to enter into the Assembly. How many of them will go all out to serve the electorates they represent rather than themselves, is for voters to judg...
