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- Introduction of online electronic sign-off from February
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 2, 2023 05:48am
- NHIS Pharmaceutical Price Negotiation Introduces Online Electronic Signing from February Simplify operations to shorten the end of negotiations. The online electronic signing method will be introduced in next month's drug price negotiations. It is expected to simplify work and shorten the negotiation period by compensating for the shortcomin
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- A year after Abilify 1mg was released,
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 2, 2023 05:48am
- Competition is expected to intensify as generic companies gradually for Aripiprazole 1mg used for childhood autism hypersensitivity. The original product of this preparation is Otsuka's Aripiprazole 1mg. The drug was approved on December 3, 2021, and even generics appeared in more than a year. According to the industry on the 31st, 1mg of Aripip
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- South Korea will maintain its EU whitelist
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Feb 1, 2023 05:54am
- Korea will continue its status as an exempt country from submitting GMP written confirmation while maintaining its EU whitelist. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Director Oh Yoo-kyung) announced on the 30th that Korea has maintained its status as a registered country in its first regular re-evaluation since it was listed on the EU Whitel
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- KMA·MOHW discusses essential healthcare at 1st meeting
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Jan 31, 2023 05:59am
- The medical community and the Ministry of Health and Welfare held the first meeting of the Pending Medical Issues Council under the agenda of essential healthcare support measures and reached a mutual consensus. On the 30th, the Korean Medical Association (President: Pil-Soo Lee) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister: Kyu-Hong
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- The legislation of cold chain improvement plan is announced
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Jan 30, 2023 05:55am
- Following biological agents such as insulin, the cold chain regulations for refrigerated and frozen medicines such as eye drops will be eased. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced today (26th) a revision to the "Prime Ministerial Decree on Safety of Drugs," which includes reasonable improvement in temperature management methods t
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- Price of Dutasteride has fallen to the 200 won range
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jan 30, 2023 05:54am
- The upper limit of Dutasteride products used for prostatic hypertrophy and hair loss has fallen to around 200 won. The effect of cascading drug prices is large, and it is expected to affect the hair loss treatment market. According to industries on the 27th, TELCON RF PHARMACEUTICAL's Durid 0.5mg will be listed at the upper limit of 267 won o
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- Negotiating Erleada's price with the NHIS
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jan 27, 2023 05:51am
- It has been confirmed that Erleada, Janssen Korea's prostate cancer treatment, is negotiating drug prices with the NHIS. This drug was conditionally passed at the deliberation of the HIRA Drug Benefit Evaluation Committee in December last year. According to industries on the 25th, it is negotiating Erleada's price with the NHIS. Erleada was p
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- The copyrights of Valcyte, Alvesco, & Bonviva changed
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jan 27, 2023 05:50am
- As the domestic owners of major drugs such as Valcyte, Alvesco, and Bonviva changed, they were newly reflected in the salary list. All three items were previously copyrighted by the Korean branch of a global pharmaceutical company, but now domestic pharmaceutical companies are the owners. In the case of Valcyte 440mg, pharmaceutical companies
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- MFDS preannounces temporary narcotics designation of 2 drugs
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Jan 26, 2023 06:05am
- On January 20th, The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister: Yu-Kyoung Oh) preannounced the designation of two drugs including ‘Etazene’ that is being misused or abused as a narcotics substitute in Korea and abroad. Etazene is a synthetic opioid that has a similar structure and effect to Etonitazene,
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- Penalties for rebate drugs can be replaced by fines
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Jan 20, 2023 06:07am
- A bill will be promoted to replace drug price cuts and suspension of salaries for illegal rebates on drugs with fines. It also includes a clause that further strengthens the penalty standard for effective illegal rebate disposal. The move aims to solve the problem of increasing drug costs for patients who have to continue taking drugs due t
