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HIRA to establish basic plan to cover insured medicines by December
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service(HIRA) will establish a basic plan to even cover uninsured medicines by December.
At the National Assembly inspection on the 24th, the HIRA made a work report that it i...
Korea having drug expenditure ratio 27% higher than OECD average
The Korea’s ratio of pharmaceutical expenditures to health expenditures was 27% higher than the OECD’s average, which raised an argument that it was important to make efforts to reduce drug expenses. Experts argued th...
Minister Young-Jin Ryu draws attention with food & drug policies focusing on field
Minister Young-Jin Ryu of Food and Drug Safety, who suffered from controversy over his qualification as a minister at the beginning of appointment, is carrying out food and drug safety policies focusing on the field.
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What is ‘ISO 37001,’ the new ethical management system for pharmas?
A consulting program for pharmaceutical companies which try to adopt the ‘ISO 37001’ will be prepared from November. As it is shown, the pharmaceutical industry has started to show visible efforts to secure transparen...
What are ‘MOHW’s regulatory reforms’ on pharmacists and medicines for the past 3 years?
For the past 3 years, major regulatory reforms related to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, such as simplification of novel medicine registration process, prevention of cheap supply of shortage-prevented medicines t...
Regular medicine reassessment stopped, but special reassessment system started
Since the Pharmaceutical Product Renewal System will be enforced, medicines will not be reassessed unless necessary.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) gave an administrative notice of a partial revision bill...
Adjustment of emergency household medicines to be finalized on 4 December
At the 5th meeting for the deliberative committee for adjustment of emergency household medicines, the ministry completed the adjustment and will suggest the final opinion.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister...
“Korean & Japanese governments must repeal articles hampering generic accessibility”
When it comes to the 20th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) negotiation in Incheon, Doctors Without Borders(Médecins Sans Frontières) announced to request the Korean and Japanese governments to repeal ...
“We have no plans for Total Amount Management and Drug Price Cuts to secure financial resources for Moon Jae-In Care”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) first refused its decision about the ‘Total Amount Management and Drug Price Cuts as Financial Sources for the Moon Jae-In Care’ that the pharmaceutical industry is currently w...
‘Zemiglo’ license lawsuit getting serious, battling over ‘marketing information disclosure’
The LG Chem(former LG Life Sciences) and Sanofi Aventis’ ‘Zemiglo License Lawsuit’ is getting serious.
At the last trial on the 20th, the two sides had different opinions over how far Sanofi should reveal its electro...
