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Prices of 149 insurance-covered drugs to be adjusted from April 1
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on March 21 that a total of 149 drugs will be adjusted from April 1.
In particular, the price of Pfizer Korea's Lipitor 25mg will be reduced from 1,793 won to 1,241 per table...
Drug wholesalers expressing keen interest in oncoming public hearing
The domestic wholesaling industry are rolling up its sleeves to encourage many drug wholesalers to participate in a public hearing to be schedule for March 26, during which the contentious unified distribution system ...
Ruling party to support bill over suspicious prescription
The proposed bill that doctors must always explain any suspicious contents of a prescription to a pharmacist is feasible as it is deemed necessary and natural, said Chung Se-kyun, incumbent chairman of the ruling Uri ...
KFDA to permit postponement of bio equivalency test reports.
The bio equivalency test reports for about 250 drugs could be submitted to the KFDA by the end of March considering many difficulties and problems to the drug industry. To lighten such heavy burdens to the industry, t...
Facility investment remains strong
Investment of Korean drug manufacturers in facilities last year grew sharply due to more toughened GMP rating screening, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently.
58 Korean drugmakers spent an average o...
Pharmaceutical firms can change trade names
Drugmakers will be allowed to change their initially approved product names (company name plus generic name) to newly or additionally registered trade names prior to launching, the Korea Food and Drug Administration ...
Assembly mulls bill to correct suspicious prescription next month
A medical bill that doctors or dental doctors should explain any suspicious contents of a prescription raised by a pharmacist will be under consideration in the National Assembly's special session on April.
Accordi...
Kim Young-chan named KFDA regional director in Pusan
The Korea Food and Drug Administration on March 19 nominated director of Kwangju's KFDA agency Kim Young-chan, to be the new director of KFDA agency in Pusan.
The KFDA also appointed Head of Toxicology Institute Ki...
Doctors threaten strike over billTension between the government and medical circles is expected to reach a crisis point this week as more than 100,000 doctors, dentists, oriental doctors and nurses' aides will ...
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New guideline set for clinical trial GMP
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said that it has recently set up a new guideline about procedures and obligations for the manufacture and quality control of drugs to be used in clinical trials, as part of its e...
