News About: Goverment
Regarding Moon Jae-In Care covering MRIs, KMA says “one-sided action”
A meeting about the Moon Jae-In Care’s(National Health Insurance Coverage Extension Plan) coverage of MRI services for cerebrovascular diseases has been delayed due to conflicts between the government and associations...
Pharma industry being sensitive over what polices and prosecutors do
The pharmaceutical industry starts to get worried about illegal rebate investigation.
This is because the Seoul Western District Prosecutor’s Office, which made brilliant results in illegal rebate investigations amon...
MFDS to raise the vaccine self-sufficiency rate to 80% by 2020
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on the 25th that they selected 7 more products as subject of the support for ‘global vaccine commercialization’ with systematic consulting services for development to com...
"It is necessary to legislate pharmacy opening standards"
In a statement on the 28th, the Gyeongsangnam-do Pharmaceutical Association suggested an opinion that it is necessary to legislate standards of opening pharmacies which meets public interests.
They criticized that no...
“Pharmaceutical field with high contributions to job creation”
At the end of the last year, the number of employees was 64,200 people, increased by 3.9% compared to the same quarter of the year before, which proved the pharmaceutical business is a great business to create new job...
MFDS suspends use of products containing 'benzocaine' on children less than 24 months old
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on the 28th that the ministry would send a safety letter containing articles about prohibiting using medicinal drugs with benzocaine, local anesthetic, on children and infa...
‘Personal Health Doctor Program for the Disabled’ started from 30 May
In order to manage health of the disabled, the ‘Personal Health Doctor Program for the Disabled’ will start a demo project.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister Neung-Hoo Park) will start a demo project for th...
MFDS, “We made a request to KBS for correction report about false news about sanitary pads”
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) requested KBS for a correction report and press arbitration, arguing that the KBS’s report about sanitary pads distorted all the fact.
According to the Ministry of Food and ...
‘Private and Public Joint Consultative Group for Medicine Improvement’ to revise letter size on dosage instructions
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced to run the ‘Private and Public Joint Consultative Group for Medicine Improvement’ which will handle revision of letter size in the dosage instruction.
However, as the cons...
15 pharmacists and 32 medical doctors to enter 6.13 Local Elections
Total 32 health care providers including 15 pharmacists will run for the Local Elections on 13 June.
The National Election Commission totaled 32 candidates who run for the 6.13 Local Elections.
20 former health care...
