Drug maker's direct hospital deals to be lightly penalized.

A massive administrative penalty was charged to quite a number of drug makers who committed violation in their direct hospital deals. However, KFDA recently consulted with MOHW and finally decided a lighter penalty than expected.

KFDA took a meeting on May 17 with relevant personnels from KPMA and KPWA and extracted an accord among all participants after the full discussions that they would...