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President Kim ordered cabinet members to solve problems of medical reform program within this week.
In the meeting on Aug. 8 of newly reshuffled Cabinet President Kim Dae-jung ordered for the current problems of medical and pharmacy separation program to be solved before the end of this week.
President Kim said ...
New pharmaceutical affairs law to take effect from Sept. 6.
The newly revised pharmaceutical affairs law passed through the National Assembly on July 31 will take effect from Sept. 6. Then, 600 most commonly prescribing drugs contained in the official prescription drug list de...
Manufacturing standards for low dosed Vitamin E established.
The KFDA is going to expand a scope of quasi-drug in line with one of the government reform programs. Following up this plan the KFDA plans to establish various manufacturing standards for not only a low dosed vitamin...
Mr. Choi Sun-jung nominated for the new minister of MOHW
President Kim Dae-jung reshuffled 11 members of his cabinet and other ministerial positions on Aug. 7 including Mr. Choi Sun-jung as the new minister of MOHW. Minister Choi worked at the Health and Welfare Ministry f...
Prescription format unprepared at hospitals and clinics.
The government's medical and pharmacy reform plan was launched from Aug. 1, but most of private clinics was not ready to issue prescriptions largely excusing that prescription formats were not available.
The MOHW a...
Medical/Pharmacy Separation Cooperative Council member nominee found inappropriate.
Many Medical and Pharmacy Separation Cooperative Councils have organized with inappropriate members who were not qualified to do a professional mission, for instance, conducting very important tasks for preparation of...
Minister Cha expedite medical and pharmaceutical communities to participate in new government reform
In the press interview at the grand conference hall of the MOHW at 10 a.m. on July 31 Minister Cha strongly urged medical and pharmaceutical communities positively to participate in the government's medical and pharma...
Pharmaceutical affairs law in pending at National Assembly likely to pass on Aug. 31.
The MDP is going to convene an extraordinary session of the National Assembly single-handedly without regard to the opposite party's participation, and may try to pass the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs la...
Government medical and pharmacy reform program to launch from Aug. 1 by current law.
After the one month guidance period, the government medical and pharmacy reform plan seems to be launched from Aug. 1 pursuant to the current pharmaceutical affairs law, said Minister Cha of the MOHW.
In the press ...
National assembly may revise pharmaceutical affairs law in Aug.
The revised bill of pharmaceutical affairs law failed to pass through the latest plenary session of the National Assembly due to an extreme political confrontation between the ruling and the opposite party. The revise...
