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Health ministry to issue electronic license for medical personnel
Electronic licenses will be soon issued to new doctors and pharmacists who passed the state-run examinations this year, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The move comes as doctors and pharmacists hav...
Research forgers to lose support unless a pharmaceutical firm joins
Researchers in universities or laboratories who seek to obtain government funding will be expelled from government projects, unless a drug manufacturer expresses its willingness to join any projects.
The Ministry o...
Government supports drug development to counter FTA
The government plans to double its spending on the development of new drugs, as part of follow-up measures to the free trade agreement (FTA) signed with the United States.
The Ministry of Heath and Welfare said th...
Health ministry to introduce top-down approach in drug discovery
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has unveiled its plan to introduce a top-down approach in an attempt to enhance the efficiency of drug discovery programs and push up with more strategic finance.
In a top-down ap...
Health ministry mulls reorganization plan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is formulating a plan for the major realignment of its existing organization in an effort to prepare for the possible merging of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family into the M...
Bioequivalence testing data to be submitted in product license
Drug makers, who intend to apply for the product license for three medicines, will have to submit the bioequivalence data to the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA). The KFDA said the notification is designed to...
Government to ban dual prescription of same medicines at same hospitals
From this April, doctors will not prescribe some identical drugs to a same patient prior to a week, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Under the newly revised regulation, the patient cannot receive a ...
Is incoming government's drug policy good signal to pharmaceutical industry? (second part)
The next government will unlikely promote a friendlier business environment over the current drug pricing policy, as president-elect Lee Myung-bak vowed to slash the government' expenditure by 10 percent.
If this i...
Court ruling due over new pricing drug policy
The Seoul Administration Court says it will make a final ruling on February 27 over the so-called positive list system in terms of the constitutional violation.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (K...
Drug related policies expected to undergo major changes (first part)
Under the incoming Lee Myung-bak administration, scheduled to be inaugurated late next month, the country's pharmaceutical paradigm is expected to experience a major change from that of the incumbent Roh Moo-hyun admi...
