News About: Goverment
Yellow light on low birthrates and ageing society.
Minister Kim Keun-tae of MOHW stressed to say in replying to an inqiry advertising raised by Mr. Lee Woong-jin, the president of Seonwoo, a marriage information company, that we should be alert to the rapidly coming e...
Drugs from 51 companies to impose administrative measures.
The Gyeong-In district KFDA announced to impose administrative penalties to substandard drugs made by 51 companies during the first quarter this year including Unimeton tablet of Dongkwang, which ordered its productio...
National Assembly to question on bioequivalency tests.
The Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly pointed out in the KFDA report meeting on April 19 that too many drugs proven of its bioequivalency tests flowed out within a short period of time, raising con...
Pharmaceutical Affairs Act provides backdrop for Drug Information Center.
The MOHW recently announced in the National Assembly on April 18 to amend the pharmaceutical affairs act so that a rationale for the establishment of the Drug Information Center be provided in order to enhance its tra...
Local and multinational clinical studies on the rise.
Many domestic and multinational companies are performing local clinical trials including multinationals for the new drugs developed by themselves, showing that as of April 11 this year the total 193 studies were grant...
Poor drug safety controls may trigger another PPA scandal.
Rep. Ahn Myeong-ok of the National Assembly, Health and Welfare Committee said in the KFDA report on April 19 that some drugs including levosulpiride that were not approved or prohibited to sell in the advanced countr...
Non-pharmacists may open a corporate pharmacy.
On the qualification subject of a corporate pharmacy establishment, many opinions have been raised to the government including limitation only to registered pharmacists or herbal pharmacists at an early stage and grad...
HIRA to save 37BW of medical payment.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) announced in attendance of the relevant officials from the MOHW, National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) at the conference under the subject of "Reform plan for the natio...
Civil Interest Group Voices Strong Disagreement on Proposed Medical Law Reform Bill
The domestic civil interest group strongly opposes on the proposed reform bill as applied to the current Medical Law, which suggests to expand the scope of medical institution’s incidental businesses to enable a diver...
Domestic Emergency Medical Service Levels Need to be Further Improved
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced on April 13th of the results from an evaluation on the current resource staffing and infrastructure levels of the nation's emergency medical service (EMS) centers an...
