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400 drug makers to be offered KD barcodes
The government has announced that a total of 400 pharmaceutical firms will have individual Korean standard barcode as part of efforts to boost transparency in the distribution of pharmaceuticals, according to the Drug...
Revision of labeling criteria over health food planned
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to revise the labeling regulation of health foods in a bid to better boost the consumer's right to know.
Under the newly revised regulation to be enforced from January n...
Enforcement regulations of new GMP system to make public within this week
The enforcement regulations of a new current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) system and validation procedures are scheduled to be promulgated within this week, according to an official at the Korea Food and Drug Ad...
Guideline for assessment of new prescription plan to be formulated
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says it will draw up a guideline to evaluate a new prescription plan, under which doctors will be required to prescribe the generic name instead of trade name as they do now.
The ...
Number of foreign beneficiaries of health insurance rises 3.1 times
The number of foreign residents in the nation, which benefit from the national health insurance, increased to 246,887 people in 2006 from 79,188 people in 2002, announced the National Health Insurance Corporation rece...
On-line health insurance screening claim planned from next year
The government plans to operate an on-line system for health insurance screening claims from January next year, according to a government official at a local forum on December 4.
The government is now building a co...
Effects of generic drugs questioned
The 576 generic drugs on the market are suspected of bioequivalence data fabrication, the Korean Medical Association (KMA) announced on November 3.
For this reason, the KMA will release a list of these items, whic...
Drug makers call for postponing implementation of KD code
The government's standardized drug bar-code (KD code) plan intended for ensuring better fair trading practice will have to be implemented in 2009, the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said.
In its pet...
Presidential nominees urged to boost social welfare policies
Presidential candidates will have to put priority on expanding the coverage of the nation's social welfare, an official at the healthcare institution said.
It is regrettable that politicians have focused too much o...
New facility space decree to be promulgated
The government plans to announce newly revised decree to regulate the minimum warehouse space of drug wholesalers by 800 m2 within this week, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Under the plan, wholes...
