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National Assembly Committee approves medical association’s self-discipline right
The Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly Tuesday passed a bill to provide the medical institutions with voluntary discipline rights to efficiently control medical personnel, sending it to a plenary se...
4,180 drugs meet GMP validation standards
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says the new GMP validation system has become firmly established as a result of assessing the validation levels of 244 GMP-endorsed pharmaceutical firms last year.
The KFDA in...
Boehringer Ingelheim releases female painkiller pill
Boehringer Ingelheim Korea says it has rolled out Eve Quick, an analgesic for the relief of pain in women.
Eve Quick with active ingredient ibuprofen is available at pharmacy without doctor’s prescription. It also ...
Tax report laws under revision
The Planning and Finance Committee of the National Assembly passed revisions of a political fund-raising law on Monday that would, if adopted, address the longstanding practice by mandating doctors and lawyers to have...
DMF re-notification system to take effect from July 1
The drug master file (DMF) system for re-notification of imported raw materials will be implemented from July 1, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently.
Under the current regulation, domestic manufact...
Can Boehringer Ingelheim’s Pradaxa be viable in Korean market?
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently approved Pradaxa (dabigatran etexilate) capsules to reduce the risk of stroke and systemic embolism in patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
As d...
Drug complaint cases top 98
A total of drug related complaints to the Korean Pharmaceutical Association were reported last year.
Among the complaints, “damaged tablets” accounted for 40 percent (39 cases), showing the highest proportion.
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Constipation patients shows 1.5-fold increase in 7 years
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) said recently that the number of patients being treated for constipation revealed a 1.5-fold rise over the past seven years.
In 2009, 1,427,000 people had their cons...
National Assembly committee approves revisions of pharmaceutical affairs law
Korea's parliamentary committee Friday passed a bill that would, if adopted, make local pharmaceutical industry more competitive as part of efforts to foster the industry as one of the nation’s new growth engines.
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More tax exemptions and incentives set for innovative pharmaceutical firms
With the domestic industry promotion law passed Friday, Korea will seek to expand tax exemptions for innovative pharmaceutical companies as part of efforts to stimulate state-run and private companies’ research and de...
