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MOHW to propose 2005 budget at 10,300 billion won
The MOHW reported the 2005 budget at 10,300 billion won, about 10.4% up from this year, to the National Assembly, Health and Welfare Committee on Nov. 8, covering 233 billion won of the health and medical projects, 35...
Plan for amended pharmaceutical affairs law might hit snag
Political sources said the government's intended revision of Korea Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, including introduction of corporation pharmacy and establishment of drug information center towards January of next year, ...
Dispensing fees to charge its risks.
The dispensing fees seem to be reflected to the NHI reimbursement schedule in consideration with possible risks of the medication accidents.
The MOHW, HIRA, KPA and Yonsei Univ. Medical Ethic Research Institute wil...
KFDA to ban sales of sulpyrin and terfenadine
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering taking administrative measures to ban the production and sales of sulpyrin and terfenadine due to possible side effects, as a result of its review on four substanc...
KFDA approves another indication for Enbrel
Wyeth Korea said the Korea. Food and Drug Administration approved Enbrel in October 28 to treat severe ankylosing spondylitis (AS). The drug, marketed by Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, is already approved to treat r...
Retirement pension plan to implement from Dec. next year.
A bill of the labor retirement assurance law passed through the cabinet meeting on Nov. 2 covering the retirement pension plan and its extension to the working places employing less than 5 workers.
The Ministry of ...
Only interview without seniority for high official promotion.
The MOHW plans to adopt an interview promotion system without prior personnel records for the assessment of the 5th grade administration official's promotion instead of the conventional seniority system in order to ke...
KFDA launches site of Scientific Information on Drug Abuse
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it has launched its website of Scientific Information on Drug Abuse (SIDA; sida.kfda.go.kr) on internet as part of providing up-to-date scientific data on 279 narcotics, inc...
Drug makers unlikely dealing directly with hospitals.
In replying to the question raised by President Eric Ruts of Novo Nordisk Co. during the luncheon meeting invited by EU chamber of commerce on Oct. 28, Minister Kim Keun-tae of MOHW said that the pharmaceutical indust...
Health ministry sets up drug safety deliberation committee
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on October 25 that it has independently established its advisory committee to deliberate safety of drugs, which will serve to gather information on the safety of all medicines c...
