News About: Goverment
Establishment of government-industry committee eyed
Pharmaceutical business sources say that the industry-oriented drug license system will be further activated.
In a meeting on January 23 among the representatives from the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associ...
Central supervisory task force team on action from Feb.
The KFDA is going to set up the Central Supervisory Task Force Team (Central Team) for eliminating irregular and illegal drugs from February this year.
In fact the mobile supervisory squads were already established...
Prices for drugs and medical services to readjust.
In the President Transition Committee meeting under the presence of President-elect Roh Moo-hyun at the 6th floor of the government office building on Jan. 22 and in the discussion meeting with respective Ministers, M...
Household medicines should be allowed at supermarkets, SCMSD says
The Special Committee for Medical System Development, which raised some controversy on the proposed revision of the current medical law including drug dispensing in addition to medical practice, has claimed that the s...
Reimbursement price of 382 drugs adjusted
The MOHW held a meeting of Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee on January 21 and decided to adjust the ceiling prices of 382 drugs.
351 reimbursed drugs comprise five new drugs, one new ingredient and 34...
Health ministry to introduce dental specialist system within this year
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced on January 21 that it will draft a law concerning the training and qualification of dental specialists and its enforcement regulation until the oncoming February 20 ...
Establishment of emergency drug accident squad eyed
The KFDA plans to operate an emergency drug accident squad in a bid to wash out the people's uneasiness associated with drug accident in a rapid and systematical manner.
The squad, which will be established within...
Transition Committee to form Task Force Team for quality of life.
The President Transition Committee set up a task force team for improvement of the people's quality of life under the social and cultural subcommittee (the secretary of general: Kwon Ki-hong).
The Subcommittee had...
Standard bioequivalence protocols formulated for 52 ingredients
The National Toxicity Research Institute (NTRI) of the Korea Food and Administration said that standard bioequivalence protocols, which are scheduled to be applied next month, has been recently completed for 52 ingred...
Drugs unproven of its bio-equivalency to exit in 2007
The KFDA policy prescribes that the drug without bio-equivalency proof should gradually exit from the market through the suspension of sales or cancellation of product registration starting from 2007 for the purpose o...
