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NHI coverage to expand to major cancer drugs.
The NHI (national health insurance) reimbursement standards for anti-cancer drugs such as Iressa, Zeloda and Taxol inj. seem to be expanded.
The Cancer Disease Review Council of HIRA prepared detailed plans for the...
Cabinet Meeting accepted 6 year pharmacy school system.
The revised bill of the enforcement decree of the High Education Act passed through the cabinet meeting led by Prime minister Lee Hae-chan on Jan. 10, covering the 6 year pharmacy school system comprising of an open s...
Number of CT scans at big hospitals dwindled.
According to "Status of CT test bills" collected by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) against 1,597 medical institutes in 2004, CT scan tests revealed 1,910 thousand, about 11% up from 2003 (1,710 thousand) in...
Total 1,048 drugs approved its bio-equivalency in 2005.
The total 1,048 drugs were approved its bio-equivalency to the reference drugs in 2005, thus the accumulated number of bio-equivalency proven drugs tolled over 3,603 as of Dec. 31, 2005.
Now, the government strong ...
Hospitals to prescribe less expensive drugs
The weight of expensive drug prescriptions and number of drugs per prescription showed ever declining trend at not only private clinics but also general hospitals. However, the medication expenses per a day showed a s...
KFDA punished Pharmacia on Detrusitol QC negligence.
The KFDA inspected the drug quality control practices at pharmaceutical companies and found that 12 companies including Pharmacia Korea had neglected due QC practices, for instance, the company did not keep recording ...
Clinical tests on 72 drugs including human placenta.
22 ferrous protein extracts including Kwangdong's Ferrivita capsule and 50 human placenta drugs including Myung Moon's Anysen, the total 72 drugs should get clinical studies according to the KFDA's implementing plan o...
Vice Health & Welfare Minister to address new year remarks.
In the new year greeting remarks Vice Minister Song Jae-seong of MOHW emphasized to say "Let us look at the future with a cute eye of seeing 100 years to come", and that this year welfare and economic growth should be...
Rep. Rhyu Si-min was named a new health minister
The presidential secretary for personnel affairs, Kim Wan-key announced on Jan. 4 that President Roh Moo-hyun nominated Rep. Rhyu Si-min a new health minister, which was vacant so far, ignoring fierece opposition from...
KFDA revises the antibiotic standards.
The KFDA revised the standards for antibiotics covering 285 products to delete out of the total 795 products including Tetracycline guaiacol sulfonate but 510 antibiotic products to keep remained, and adjusted detaile...
