Drug makers call for postponing implementation of KD code

The government's standardized drug bar-code (KD code) plan intended for ensuring better fair trading practice will have to be implemented in 2009, the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said.

In its petition to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the KPMA argued that a grace period of at least one year should be required for the industry to cope with the KD code plan, adding that...