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Government unveils plans for promoting domestic fine chemical industry
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy is pushing for the establishment of the domestic two Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) agencies to the level of advanced countries by 2005, as part of its concerted effort to...
Wholesalers agreed to accept all returned drugs of pharmacies in Gangneug
The six drug wholesalers in Gangneung - Kangwon Pharm, Gagneung Phar,, Kangil Pharm, Seoho Medico, Soochunddang Pharm, and Yuwon Pharm - held a meeting with the Kangneung-ward chapter of the Korea Pharmaceutical Assoc...
Reference price system to implement after people's agreement.
In the meeting with the representatives of foreign multinational drug corporations on Sept. 4, the Health minister Kim Sung-ho said that the Reference Price System would be enforced only after full share of people's a...
2001 import records of foreign finished drugs outlined
Xenical placed first rank with US$26,014,000 among the 10 leading finished pharmaceuticals imported in 2001 thanks to Roche Korea's diverse promotional strategies, according to 2002 annual statistics of foods ...
6 year pharmacy school system raised to MOHW.
In the luncheon meeting of Minister Kim Sung-ho of MOHW on Sept. 4 with Mr. Kim Chang-jong, the chief commissioner of the Special Committee for Pharmacy System Improvement and Mr. Kim Il-soon, the chief commissioner ...
Establishment of natural products support groups
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said on September 3 it established a new oriental medicine section within Drug Safety Department in its bid to expedite R&D natural drug projects to support herb medicine ...
4 in 10 ambulatory patients at clinic on injectable medication.
Injectable drug medication at private clinics appeared abusive, administering them at 4.2 times per 10 calls according to the analysis of the HIRA for the first quarter of 2002,
The injectable drug medication day ...
Liability insurance for medical mishap compulsorily required to subscribe.
In line of legislating the Medical Dispute Arbitration Act, the health and medical institutions including pharmacies and hospitals have obligation to subscribe the liability insurance for possible medical mishaps.
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Provisions for SNU and national university hospital administration to reshuffle.
The revised provisions concerning the establishment and administration of Seoul National University and other national university hospitals passed through the National Assembly on Aug. 26 and now promulgated.
The r...
Reference Price System faced challenges all around.
Many civic groups and other relevant organizations like the KPhA and KMA rejected unanimously the current government's drug pricing policy "Reference Price System", claiming that it hampers providing better medical se...
