News About: Goverment
Government to suspend doctor's licence if he takes part in strikes.
The government announced to take forceful punishing measures against doctor's strikes, warning the doctors on the strike to suspend or cancel their licences. However, the medical side decided to make a strict confront...
Bio-Technology Industrial Council to establish under Presidential Office.
The government held a report meeting led by the President Kim Dae-jung with 80 dignitaries from the bio-technology industry, academy and research institutes and the relevant Ministers on Oct. 6 and discussed the subje...
Medical, Pharmacy and Government Council suggested to form.
The MOHW urged the medical community to withdraw their planned strike on Oct. 6 and suggested to form a cooperative council in participation of the medical, pharmacy and government.
Minister Choi Sun-jung of MOHW m...
KPA to dispense medication without prescriptions during medical community's strike.
To minimize people's inconveniencies possibly caused by the strike of medical communities, the KPA instructed all city and Provincial KPAs to dispense medication without prescriptions when the strike takes place on Oc...
KFDA to budget for safety reinforcement of vaccines next year.
The KFDA's 2001 budget plan showed the total 71,766 million won, 17.6% higher than this year's 58,352 million won, which reflected the reinforced safety project for vaccines and the administration works for labeling "...
Guarantee of medical and pharmacy dispensing rights reassured in pharmaceutical law to revise soon.
The MOHW reported in the social related Ministerial meeting on Sept. 20 that after a close association and coordination with the medical and the pharmaceutical communities the pharmaceutical affairs law would be overh...
Application for trademark associated with professional terminology to constrain.
The Patent Office met with pharmaceutical company members who are responsible for the trade mark registration on Sept. 20, and explained them about many difficult problems in connection with trademark examination.
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"Nostrum" advertising on food supplement unlawful.
Food supplement product suppliers and a pharmacist who advertised imported food supplements as a nostrum through an internet channel was prosecuted.
Seoul District Prosecutors Office, Contingency Div. II (Chief pro...
GNP under consideration for remodification of pharmaceutical affairs law.
Mr. Chung Yong-won, a National Assembly Chief Commissioner of the Health and Welfare Commission, along with other 4 members of the opposition party, GNP took a brief meeting with top executive members of the KPA on Se...
Drug price to cut when its unfair trade identified in the market.
The KPMA worried that some drug companies were exercising unfair trade activities with medical institutes, by providing a special rebate to them in return of more prescribing their own products, and therefore made it ...
