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SCPAS unveil eight drug-related subjects
The Special Committee for Pharmaceutical Affairs System has recently announced it will soon select 8 pivotal subjects relating to drug administration among the projected 31 subjects for more effective implementation, ...
KFDA to check quality of all Pfizer products.
The KFDA identified that Cofrel tablets were filled in the Cardura lmg tablet package by error and therefore intended to conduct overall KGMP inspection along with the quality examination over the total 42 product aft...
Health supplement products legally possible to use at hospitals.
It is legally possible for medical institutions such as hospitals and clinics to use health supplement and functional cosmetic products for their patients under the current provisions, the MOHW said in replying to a q...
Drug related administration to be reformed
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) says it is contemplating a series of new measures to reform drug-related administration, in line with the recent report released by the Economic Cooperation and Development (O...
Establishment of region-based biocluster centers eyed
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy (MOCIE) says that the regional based biocluster centers by the year 2006 is being promoted for the development of biotechnology industry and better international competiti...
Large imports of pharmaceutical bulks soaring this month
The Korean Pharmaceutical Traders Association says that there are the steady increases in the number of import applications for pharmaceutical bulks, influenced by the oncoming implementation of drug-related regulatio...
NHI pricing for duplicate drugs to apply diminishing system.
When determining the NHI price for any drug that was duplicated with the first comer, it shall apply with so called diminishing system, which means setting the NHI price by 80% level out of its original drug.
The H...
Improvement of SDP function eyed
With the June 13 local elections only two weeks away, the SDP function is now emerging as one of political hot issues in Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), Grand National Party (GNP) and United Liberal Demacrats (ULD)...
MOCIE to push for drug-related electronic commerce
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy has recently announced that a series of measures have been contemplated to push for drug-related electronic commerce in more restrictive scope. To this end, the MOCIE will...
KFDA to ameliorate drug review system.
The KFDA intends to improve the drug review system including the examination on new drugs more reasonably.
The current drug review system was adopted from 1995, and should be ideally ameliorated in its number of s...
