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KFDA to train new pharmaceutical related officials.
The KFDA conducted special training programs for 6 new officers responsible for the pharmaceutical affairs jobs focusing on their job practices in the class room located at 7th floor of KFDA office building starting f...
Governments to confer for joint inspecting activities.
The government authorities including MOHW, KFDA, Seoul/Incheon city, Gyeonggi province and HIRA, met together on July 22 to discuss an effective and large scale of their inspecting activities against the illegal pract...
Pharmacist's medication advice fees up but others down.
In responding to the remarks presented by Rep. Kim Choon-jin, the National Assembly, on July 18 under the topics of "Pharmacist's medication advice fees, 100% up for 5 years", the Korea Pharmaceutical Associatio...
Production of cardiovascular and antibiotic drugs toped
The KFDA reported based on the KPMA data that the cardiovascular drugs were produced far higher value at 1,539,936 million won, the top out of the whole therapeutic categories than the GI therapeutic drugs in 2004, bu...
20 companies including Yuhan and Roche penalized.
The KFDA announced the administrative measures against the pharmaceutical companies including Yuhan, Roche Korea, Pharmacia and Shinpoong on charge of their law violations during the first half of the year.
Yuhan a...
HIRA intensively to review combo medication with NSAIDs.
The Health Insurance Review AGency (HIRA) has approved the medication propriety review plan through the Central Review Commission as one of the 2005 NHI payment review programs.
This year review works seemed to foc...
Korea and Germany to exchange bio new drug development.
The Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI) held a conference titled "Korea-Germany Life Science Partnering Event" for the exchange of the know-hows on the new drug R&D and bio industrial technologies as w...
Intensive inspection against illegal medical/pharmacy practice.
The MOHW plans to conduct an intensive inspection along with the KFDA/its regional offices and the local government's health centers against the illegal practices of the medical and pharmacy role separation system for...
MOE to confront with KMA on 6 year pharmacy school issue.
The Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development (MOE) has confronted with the Korea Medical Association (KMA) on the issue of the 6 year pharmacy school plan.
On July 12, the MOE prosecuted the KMA to the ...
NHI substantially lowered patient's own payment for 483 treatments.
The MOHW announced to lower the patient's own payment for the treatment of 3 drugs previously not covering the NHI payment including Ketosteril tablet, a drug for chronic renal failure patients.
The NHI payment su...
