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Special provisions for new drug R&D in urgent needs.
The pharmaceutical industrial community pointed out that a special provision for the new drug R&D should be established as early as possible to strengthen the industrial competitiveness, considering that the new drug ...
Toxicology research institute organization to reshuffle.
Chief Commissioner Gil Kwang-sup of the National Institute of Toxicological Research announced on April 7 that the Institute recommended its reorganization project to the KFDA in order to boost the toxicological resea...
Kim Chang-soon named chief of MDP's Health & Welfare CommitteeThe Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on April 8 that 53-year-old Kim Chang-soon, health & welfare officer of the Presidential Secretariat, was transferred to a new chief...
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MOHW to expand the bioequivalence-tested drugs for speedy substitute dispensing
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced it would draw up a rule to revise the reimbursement price criteria for bioequivalence-tested items, to this effect that the ceiling price of items eligible for bioequivalen...
Generic drugs in severe market competition.
The generic drugs have shown severe market competitions among many leading domestic companies who have tried to develop attractive generic drugs in an attempt to survive amid the recent protracted economic recession. ...
KFDA underway of KGMP revisional works.
The KGMP seems to be upgraded at the level of the United States, EU and other advanced countries to ensure far strict administration of the drug quality and distribution systems before the end of this year, implementi...
Government to promote substitute drug dispensing
As part of its effort to ensure a firmer establishment of the separation of the separation of dispensing and prescribing (SDP function), the Ministry of Health and Welfare will considering allowing substitute drug dis...
Controlled drug packages discordant to label claims.
Some psychotropic control drugs in the retail pharmacies revealed that the package did not contain number of tablets as labelled or contained broken tablets, causing many troubles in keeping correct records in complia...
EUCCK urges Korean government to create A7 pricing for innovative new products
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK) called on the Korean government to revamp its pharmaceutical reimbursement system including drug-related policies, according to a report.
During the EUCCK-org...
HIRA mulls review guideline over 8 cold related diseases.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) has prepared a review guideline over cold related and acute respiratory infections, which occupied by about 26% of the total national insurance coverage, possibly provoking se...
