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KIHSA to analyse physician's inappropriate prescriptions.
The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) plans to work on the analysis and studies of physician's prescriptions especially to detect its inappropriateness.
To pursue better settlement and developme...
Registration terms for new drugs remarkably to shorten
When the preliminary review system for the protocol of clinical studies being exercised, the new drug registration process seems to be remarkably shortened effective from 2003.
The KFDA intends to charge the review...
14 drug companies penalized on inferior qualities of drugs.
The KFDA prosecuted 14 drug companies in charge of the inferior quality controls over their drugs and other exaggerate advertising campaigns in January.
The violation included 7 companies on no tests of pharmaceuti...
Pharmacy and medical institutes on alert to WTO opening policy.
When the new WTO policy launches in 2005 the pharmacy and medical service markets seem to be open to the overseas, which calls for an urgent measure to cope with new environmental changes in overall governmental level...
KFDA to raise preliminary review fees for clinical studies.
The KFDA newly adopted the authorization system for the protocol of clinical studies, and plans to have its explanatory meeting for the R&D responsible members of the respective pharmaceutical firms at the KPMA audito...
66 new drugs registered by 28 companies in 2001.
Number of new drugs registered in 2001 was 66 items by 28 companies. The KFDA data covering the new drug registration in 2000 to 2001 showed 75 and 66 items respectively, the total 141 products.
In fact when exclu...
Abbott's Uprima to classify as abusive prone drugs.
The KFDA additionally put the apomorphine preparation (Abbott's Uprima sublingual tablet), an impotence drug, into the abusive prone drug class. The abusive prone drug include 8 products such as dextromethorphane Hbr,...
WHO approves KFDA's ex post factor management for vaccine
Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has announced it obtained an accreditation from World Health Organization (WHO) for license procedures and its ex post facto management involving vaccine preparations. This ac...
Prof. Shin Young-soo appointed as a director of HIEAB.
Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently elected Prof. Shin Young-soo of Seoul National Medical College as a new director of Health Insurance Examination and Appraisal Board.
Director Shin (59 years) is a former...
In Relation to Insurance Finance, Meeting of Related Ministers to be Operated Permanently
Meeting of ministers at the related ministries & departments will be permanently operated for the stable health insurance finance.
Lee Tae-bok, minister of Ministry of Health & Welfare, reported to President Kim Da...
