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Next government to push for six-year pharmacy college education system
President-elect Roh Moo-hyun's transition team plans to push up with the six-year pharmacy college education system through consultation with related organizations under the principle of parties concerned but with mor...
KFDA to inspect drug sales by the unqualified.
The KFDA has a plan to intensify an inspection against drug sales by unqualified personnels at the pharmacy, and the illegal practices may cause even qualified pharmacists to be punished.
The KFDA's inspection plan...
MOHW mulls pharmacy related reform programs.
In line with the upcoming ministerial report program to the Presidency Transition Committee, the MOHW already undertook various supplemental measures for the current medical and pharmacy role separation program and th...
5,715 items to be re-evaluated in 2003
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced that a total of 5,715 items (locally produced items: 5,609, imported items: 106) of 216 pharmaceutical makers from 13 therapeutic categories will be re-e...
MOHW denied any separate herbal drug administration law.
Chosun daily, one of the leading daily news paper in Korea, earlier disclosed under the title "A simultaneous projecting for the herbal drug administration law to calm down the herbal medical communities" that the her...
Elimination of counterfeit and substandard drugs eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced its 2003 pharmaceutical affairs inspection program, the salient points of which are as follows:
- Each regional KFDA is scheduled to inspect counterfeit and s...
Ready-made prescription dispensing at pharmacy illegal.
Having already well known about common prescriptions issued by medical institutions, the pharmacy could prepare its ready-made dispensing in advance for their own conveniency sake, but the MOHW interprets it against l...
Sales promotion by POP sticker legally possible.
As a promotional tool for an OTC drug, the drug company has utilize so called POP advertising campaign displayed at pharmacies, which is quite a normal activity and legally possible within the authorized scope of its ...
Delegation of administrative disposition on drug, etc. to regional KFDA eyed
The government announced it revised a rule on delegation of administrative authority for the envisaged implementation during this January after consultation with a Cabinet meeting.
Under the revised rule, some aut...
KFDA to operate Thursday Dialogue Room
The Drug Safety Bureau (DSB) of the Korea Food and Drug Administration will open a Thursday Dialogue Room from January 1st this year for six-month test-run period, enabling citizens, including related organizations an...
