News About: Goverment
Public hearing to legislate ‘Public Pharma Establishment Law’
Assemblyperson Mi-Hyuk Kwon(proportional representative) from The Minjoo Party is planning to hold a public hearing to legislate the ‘Public Pharmaceutical Company Establishment and Management Act’ in response to publ...
MFDS decides to re-collect Abott Korea’s Depakote Tab 500mg
On the 7th, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced decision to re-collect Abbott Korea’s ‘Depakote Tab 500mg’ that is used as an anticonvulsant since it was confirmed to use ‘Red Coloring No. 226’ that i...
Medical doctors protest in front of Supreme Court while dermatologists found oral whitening association
Opposing to the Supreme Court’s judgment which allows dentists to use botox and fraxel with the cosmetic purpose, medical doctors have caused controversy as deciding to conduct procedures in the range of dentist licen...
Pharmaceutical distribution industry ignorant of Kim Young-ran Law
Facing the enforcement of the ‘Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Law,’ also known as ‘Kim Young-ran Law,’ on the 28th of September, the pharmaceutical industry is giving the best on its advanced prevention, such...
“Provision of F&Bs of less than KRW 100 thousand is exceptional to Kim Young-ran Law”
An authoritative interpretation was announced that providing foods and beverages worth of less than KRW 100 thousand at pharmaceutical companies’ products fairs for medical personnel is an exception to the Kim Young-r...
“The appointment is like setting the fox to keep the geese”
The industry raised controversy over the appointment of a former vice president of Pfizer to Pharmaceutical Safety Director at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS).
In a written opinion on the 1st, the Korean ...
Doctor Won-sik Lee from Pfizer, appointed as Pharmaceutical Safety Director
A key position at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) will be replaced by an outside expert.
In order to actively response to changing environments and strengthen competitiveness in the organization, the MFDS...
Pfizer VP Won-sik Lee takes charge in MFDS Pharmaceutical Safety Director
As Pharmaceutical Safety Director at the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS), Vice President Won-sik Lee at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Korea, who graduated Seoul National University College of Medicine, was appointed. ...
Police, “Kim Young-ran Law will be enforced without guidance period as scheduled”
The Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Law, Kim Young-ran Law will be enforced from the 28th of September without a guidance period, and the ceiling prices will be kept as KRW 30 thousand(Meals), KRW 50 thousand(...
Will Kim Young-ran Law’s ‘exceptional conditions’ be applied to pharmaceuticals’ current actions?
Over the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Law which will be enforced from the 28th of September, also known as ‘Kim Young-ran Law,’ pharmaceutical companies are enthusiastically waiting for an answer from the A...
