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SPA to solicit pharmacies for substituted dispensing.
The Seoul Pharmaceutical Association (SPA) decided soliciting the member pharmacies to substitute 5 of physician's prescribing drugs for other generic drugs in the standing directorate meeting on May 11.
The 5 dru...
4 best GMP certified companies including SK Chemical appointed
Gyeongin KFDA appointed 4 best GMP certified companies including SK Chemical, Il Sung, MSD orea and Green Cross Vaccine based on their inspection last year against 136 companies, and awarded them at the end of last Fe...
HIRA to preserve patient's EDW data for 5 years.
The Health Review Agency (HIRA) announced to preserve the EDW data covering all patient's informations for 5 years and the mart and summary containing a specific subject data, a statistical characteristic information,...
Ministerial meeting for more new jobs in health/medical/welfare areas.
In the 8th social cultural policy relevant ministerial meeting on May 10 led by the MOHW minister Kim Keun-tae discussing how to create more jobs, Minister Kim said that the medical, health and welfare areas have a gr...
KFDA to reshuffle drug administration rules.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced to establish "Special Interest Group for Good Regulatory Practices(GRP-SIG)" comprising of officers from the Drug Safety Bureau and Drug Review Division for the ...
Vitrocis technology appointed as a nation's strategic project.
Vitrocis Inc. (president: Sohn Seong-ho), a bio tech venture company, who made a success in the massive production of wild ginseng roots has been recently nominated by the government as a nation's strategic project af...
Overflow of Centrum stocks in the markets.
Ongoing sales push of Centrum, a multivitamin product of Wyeth Korea, raised a serious price disturbance in the markets and troubles to drug wholesalers with an overflow of idle stocks.
After Wyeth Korea took over...
MOHW Minister Kim to lecture health and welfare policies.
In the workshop meeting for the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) executives and staffs on May 7, Minister Kim Keun-tae of MOHW emphasized by his special lecture titled "the health and welfare policy of the Parti...
859 free regions from medical and pharmacy separation system.
859 towns, (Eup, Myeon, Dong) across the nation have been designated as a free region where the medical and pharmacy role separation program may not be obligated. Gyeongbuk province was the top in its number with 181 ...
HIRA to disclose review guideline for medication expenses
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) announced that the pre-notification period of the review guideline would be extended from the current 2 weeks to 1 month in advance by declaring on the day one of each month (...
