News About: Goverment
Expanded scope of designation for quasi-drugs eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced that some health-related items (e.g., smoking-cessation products, wood-derived extract sheet, etc.) would be designated as quasi-drugs for better management of people's...
New health minister stressed welfare policies aimed at beneficiaries.
New minister Kim Wha-joong stressed to say in her inaugural address that she would keep a continuous dialogue with people with a sense of mission, self-belief and principle in implementing the reformed subjects of the...
Toxicological informations of foods and drugs to put in database.
The toxicological informations of foods and drugs to put in the data base under the government initiatives.
The National Institute of Toxicology (NIT) opened its KNTP (National Toxicology Program in Korea) home pa...
Insurance benefits of Glivec available for all CML patients
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said on February 26 that it modified the conventional indications and dosage & administration of Glivec capsule, antileukemia drug, based on that of Novartis in Switzerlan...
Pharmaceutical organizations having higher expectation on Roh's new government
Major pharmaceutical organizations have warmheartedly welcome the Roh Moo hyun's government proclaiming the people's active participation and integrity in the hope that Roh's campaigning pledges on the pharmaceutical ...
New government urged to embrace for improvement of SDP function
Pharmaceutical business sources say that among the outstanding matters in the health care sector, the Roh Moo-hyun's government should urgently devote itself to ameliorating various problems associated with the curren...
Madam. Kim Wha-joong to be MOHW minister.The Roh Moo-hyun's new government may appoint Madam Kim Wha-joong as the minister of MOHW on Feb. 24, it is said.
At first Prof. Kim Yong-ik of SNU Medical School was the mos...
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Restricted prescription by generic name is probable
Informed sources say that President-elect Roh Moo-hyun's transition team formulated on February 21 the overall drug-related reforms involving a switch for doctor's prescription by generic name, re-establishment of ins...
KFDA and HIRA agreed to share computerized drug-related data
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has recently announced that it would execute an agreement with the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) on February 24 in a bid to jointly utilize their database involvin...
KFDA to formulate enforcement regulations of Health Food Law
The Korea Food and Food and Administration has drafted the enforcement regulations of Health Food Law concerning the scope of advertisement for health foods ahead of its oncoming promulgation on August 26th this year ...
