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Korea, Saudi Arabia forge partnership over medical information systems
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Sunday announced that health minister Chin Young and his Saudi Arabian counterpart Abdullah Al Rabeeah reached an agreement on medical know-how transfer.
Under the deal, Korea ...
Government to enact bill on risk-sharing arrangements and drug volume forecast within this year
Increased spending on pharmaceuticals continues to foster debate over healthcare policy.
The increasing costs of bringing products to the market, as well as increased utilization of pharmaceuticals contribute to i...
Wholesalers may benefit from political standoff
The ongoing political stalemate is expected to continue after President Park Geun-hye and opposition Democratic Party (DP) Chairman Kim Han-gil failed to see even a hint of compromise in their meeting, Monday.
The ...
Time to plug loopholes of real-name drug dispensing system
Two months have passed since Korea introduced a real-name drug dispensing system. Starting in July, the government issued a presidential order forcing all pharmacists engaging in drug dispensing to record their real n...
4,928 clinics receive 65.4 billion won in cash reward for better hypertension management
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) on Friday disclosed a list of 4,928 local clinics, which were selected as clinics to effectively manage hypertension, on its website.
A total of 65.4 billio...
Old law banning illegal kickbacks deemed constitutional
The nation’s highest court ruled Thursday that the former Medical Law, which banned pharmaceutical firms from being involved in illegal practice of kickbacks, otherwise called “rebates” as an industrial term, is indee...
Korea suspends sales of oral ketoconazole products
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS), Korea’s health regulator, said on Thursday it would suspend sales of oral ketoconazole pills, after potentially fatal liver injury, risk of drug interactions and adrenal gl...
Health authorities have no intention to re-evaluate efficacy of Ursa
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said it has not any plan to re-evaluate the efficacy of Ursa produced by Daewoong Pharm amid escalating dispute over the therapeutic effect of the liver function enhancer.
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85,529 drug adverse events reported in first half
The number of adverse events from all medicines was recorded at 85,529 in the first half of this year, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Tuesday.
The cases of drug side effects reported to the Korea ...
MRI test fees are most expensive in 3 university hospitals
Seoul National University Hospital, Ewha Women’s University Hospital and Korea University Guro Hospital, three in Seoul, are among the most expensive hospitals in the country in terms of MRI (magnetic resonance imagin...
