News About: Goverment
NHI reimbursement prices hardly negotiable this year too.
The NHI price negotiation due has only 15 days to go but any amicable negotiation between the NHIC and the service providers may unlikely to come out considering that the NHIC inclines to snatch more NHI financial sta...
1st parliamentary inspection of 17th National Assembly on health issues.
The first parliamentary inspection to the government administration by the 17th National Assembly has finished without suggesting any alternative resolutions against many hot issues on dispute.
Most of the Nationa...
President Roh to emphasize on R&D investment for bio-engineering.
President Roh Moo-hyun announced through the government national policy statement delivered in the National Assembly by Prime Minister on Oct. 25 that the R&D investment for the bio-engineering should be expanded whil...
Hot parliamentary disputes on medical and pharmacy role separation system.
In the parliamentary inspection to the MOHW on Oct. 21 a hot dispute was exchanged on the assessment of the medical and pharmacy role separation (hereinafter called Separation) system.
In the presence of ex-MOHW mi...
KFDA rejects approval of Hanmi's sibutramine mesylate
The Korea Food and Drug Administration reacted negatively toward the approval of Hanmi's first generic version of Slimer capsule (sibutramine mesylate), first generic version of Reductil (sibutramine hydrochloride), a...
KFDA mulls use of Bacchus-S as tradename of quasi-drug
A review on the permissible use of Bacchus-S as another tradename of quasi-drug, which is similar to Bacchus-F drink as a prescription drug, has been underway, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
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Drugs proven of bio-equivalency to be well assessed its valueProf. Yoo Seon-dong of Sunkyunkwan Univ. College of Pharmacy advocated the substituted dispensing for generic drugs in his article contributed to a recent daily news paper, clai...
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Limited drug distribution function in corporate pharmacy eyed
With the soon-to-be-introduced corporation system for pharmacies, the limited scope of drug distribution function in corporate pharmacy is to be carefully reviewed by a working committee of the Ministry of Health and ...
Government may allow direct transaction between pharmaceutical firms and hospitals
The government is considering the direct dealing between pharmaceutical firms and medical institutions with more than 100 beds sooner or later, which has been prohibited under the current regulations of Korea Pharmace...
KFDA concerned about regional KFDA office shut down.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) definitely opposed to the shut-down plan of the regional offices determined by the Presidential Committee of Innovation and Decentralization(PCID) as one of the government...
