News About: Goverment
22.7 BW worth of faked drugs found in 3 months.
The Custom Office conducted an investigation against incoming counterfeited goods in an attempt to eliminate faked commodities import and export from Feb. 1 to April 30, to find out the total 363 cases of faked commod...
Opposition GNP and KPA executives on policy talk meeting.
GNP head Park Keun-hae indicated that the party support the amelioration of the substituted dispensing system and the current KPA issues including the balance assurance of the Pharmaceutical Affair Act and the Medical...
HIRA announced 3,374 incentive products for substitutive drugs.
There are 3,374 incentive drugs out of the total 3,763 drugs proven of its bio equivalency test for the substituted dispensing as of April 2006 according to "the NHI incentive drug list for substituted dispensing of c...
NHI payment rose 18.5% in 1Q of 2006.
According to "1st Quarter NHI Statistic Index" released by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA), the total NHI payment during the first quarter of this year was 6,832,600 MW, which was 1,067,700 MW (18.5%) more t...
Drug companies and bio equivalent test institutes called for retest.
A public hearing took place on May 15 afternoon at the KFDA conference room over 9 products which were cancelled of its registration on charge of manipulated tests in attendance of the representatives from the subject...
KFDA to obligate 10% production of small packaged drugs.
Taking effects from coming Oct., the pharmaceutical manufacturers shall produce and supply more than 10% of small packaged drugs in a PTP or foil strip pack to hospitals and pharmacies.
The KFDA disclosed the draft...
159 drugs listed to NHI schedules with 235 products off.
The MOHW announced "NHI and non-HNI drug list and upper limited price list" on May 15 covering that 159 new drugs were added while 235 drugs deleted from the list after passing through the 7th Health Insurance Policy ...
Clinics in residential areas prescribing 27.91% of injectable drugs.
According to "Injectable drug prescription rates by medical institutions in May 2006" released by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) on May 15, the private clinics located in residential areas had prescribed ab...
KFDA label changes for 16 active ingredients including Reductil
The KFDA announced on May 12 that the labels of drugs containing 16 active ingredients including sibutramine (Reductil) had been changed. The label changes included warning descriptions for Reductil that may happen to...
22 ingredients including domperidone put under DMF by 2008.
The KFDA announced a bill of "Revised guidelines for bulk drug report" on May 11 covering that 22 active ingredients including glimepiride, domperidone and phenterimin hydrochloride should be controlled under the DMF ...
