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KFDA prepares Guideline for Biological Equivalence Test
KFDA plans to drive forward cooperated guideline to improve efficiency of biological equivalence test.
Director Yang Gyu-hwan of KFDA announced that he will devote all his energies to expand biological equivalence...
Preliminary examination system for Graduates from Foreign Pharmaceutical College going on
Introduction of preliminary examination system is driven forward to verify ability graduate of foreign pharmaceutical college from domestic.
Recently, MDP decides on amendment of Medical Affairs Law including int...
Hospital pharmacists decided to stop working from July 1.
The Korea Hospital Pharmacist Association (KHPA) decided that they would stop dispensing works at their hospitals from July 1 unless their dispensing fees be separately accounted from the consolidated medical consulta...
Electronic Card System reviewed from the beginning
Health & Welfare Committee of National Assembly urged to prepare measure of EDI extension of medical institution, full-scaled review of electronic card, and inefficient notification system of the detailed treatment in...
Incentives given to substitutive dispensing for drugs proven of their bio-equivalency.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) reported to the National Assembly on June 20 that a certain rate of incentives be given to pharmacists when dispensing expensive drugs for a low priced substitutive drugs prov...
KFDA approves Leukemia drug, Gleevec.
The KFDA announced on June 20 that Novartis' Gleevec (imtainib mesylate), a leukemia drug, was approved to sell in Korea on June 14 as an orphan drug with precondition of its clinical phase III study for the treatment...
MDP's 3 bills be obscure to its disposal
It is expected that 3 bills including Medical Law, amendment of Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and special law for sound finance of National Health Insurance by MDP is difficult to dispose in this extraordinary session of...
MOHW to apply Green Certification to pharmacies
MOHW decided to extend the Green Certification which has been carried out smoothly for clinic level medical facilities, to pharmacies as well.
MOHW began applying the Green Certification to clinic size medical trea...
Up to 2 Pharmacy Signs will be Permitted
Starting on July 1, the maximum number of signs that a pharmacy can place on the roadsides is limited to two signs. And the signs must receive permission from the local government's advertising council before being di...
Drug industry keenly watching on standards for reference price system.
The MOHW is speeding up to establish the standard for the reference price system in line with "May 31 NHI financial stabilization measures", for which the drug industry keenly concerns to prepare appropriate counter m...
