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Smaller package plan of prescription drugs expected to implement in early next year.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently that from early next year the production of smaller package of prescription drugs is to be made compulsory on the part of local drug makers while prohibiting any su...
Illegal sales of herbal drugs at drug stores and pharmacies on the rise.
An illegal sale of herbal drugs at herbal drug stores and pharmacies reached to a critical level.
The KFDA Kwangju district office inspected 75 stores of selling herbal drugs in June and found a lot of illegal sale...
Pharmaceutical inspection of GSP-accredited wholesalers hit snag
Although the Korea Food and Drug Administration vowed to crack down KGSP-designated wholesalers spoiling the distribution order of drugs via its intensified superintendence, there is mounting criticism that its ex pos...
KMA and KPA loudly opposed to Oriental Medical Policy Office.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and Korea Medical Association (KMA) strongly petitioned in their joint statement to the MOHW on June 27 for the oriental medical policy office to scrap and for the health and...
Incentive plans for whistleblower against unfair charges to launch in Aug.
The Korea Independent Commission against Corruption (KICAC) earlier established "The incentive plans for the whistleblower against unfair medical service charges" to enforce it from Aug 1, this year despite a harsh ba...
KFDA to disclose full contents of CPAC meetings from July
The Korea Food and Drug administration has announced that its homepage (www.kfda.go.kr) was already opened to the public from this July for divulging the full contents of Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council meeting...
Strengthening of Helfline functions for transparency of drug distribution sought
In a recent brief sessions with domestic drug wholesalers, the Korea Food and Administration has unveiled its drug distribution reforms to gear up the conventional Helfline functions in a bid to ensure the transparenc...
Eligibility for Employee's NHI subscribers to be extended.
The MOHW announced on June 24 that the revised bill for the enforcement decree of the National Health Insurance Act passed through the State Council, covering the provisions that a time-job worker monthly for over 80 ...
25 ingredients prohibited for functional health supplement foods.
25 ingredients including the extracts from pomegranate skin and croton shall be excluded from the manufacture of functional health supplement foods but only used for medicines according to the ordinance draft of regul...
Problems involving SDP function analyzed
Pharmaceutical business sources say that the ongoing system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, since its implementation three years ago, has yet to be firmly established in the face of the following ...
