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Quasi-drug registration transferred to district KFDAs.
The quasi-drug administration including its registration, control and penalties against any violation will be transferred to the district KFDAs taking effect from Jan. 1, 2002 according to the revised provision pertai...
3-strikes-out penalty to apply against prescription business collusion.
Pharmacies shall not use a similar name of medical institutes. Any business collusion related with prescription issuance between medical institutes and pharmacies shall be penalized for so called 3 strikes-out, meanin...
Impossible to Use 'Chinese Medicine' Terms for Health Product Name
For the product names of health-supporting foods and special nutrition foods, the term of 'Chinese medicine' can not be used and the term of 'nutrition medicine' can not be inscribed.
Korea Food & Drug Administrati...
Delay of Finances Unification for One year & Six Months Passed through NA
The finances unification of health insurance is delayed for one year and six months.
The national assembly held main conference on 8th and proposed & passed amendment of national health insurance law with the conte...
Deficit of Insurance Finances was 2.7tn Won Last Year
Deficit of health insurance finances was totalling KW2.7000 trillion last year. It was shown that it decreased by KW1.4698 trillion less than KW4.1978 trillion originally expected.
Ministry of Health & Welfare expl...
Gleevec price issue to be solved at the court.
The Joint Counter Measure Council for Drug Public Justice and Resolution of Gleevec Issue, a joint civic group organized with representatives from the pharmacist association for health society, the medical association...
864 drugs to change labelling and indications.
The KFDA reviewed the drug efficacy of 864 items in 2001 and instructed all manufacturers and importers to change label descriptions by Feb. so that the inserted direction circulars should be reflected with the revisi...
'Preparation Price Destruction' is Concerned for Non-payment for General Medicines
As some part of general medicines that received insurance payment is changed to non-payment, it is expected that there will be a conflict between pharmacy and patient for the problem of calculating the sharing amount ...
Examination institutes for imported herbal drugs to expand.
The KFDA announced a drafted bill regulating imported herbal drugs by substantially increasing the examination institutes where imported antlers, bovine bezoar and quilariae lignum have been examined, and now the item...
Same gate shared by clinics and pharmacies deemed as business collusion.
For the complex premise where the entrance gate at the same floor is shared by medical institutes and pharmacies, the newly revised provision classified it as the supervisory subject with priority
The newly revis...
