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Number of pharmacy incentive drugs top 6,145
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said Thursday that the number of incentive drugs for pharmacies stand as of April 17, up 700 items from three months ago.
Under the current drug reimbursing syste...
Government to seek tougher measures against kickbacks
The government has unveiled its plan to step up its crackdown on the long-standing practice of offering and receiving kickbacks in the medical community.
In his report to the National Assembly’s Health and Welfare ...
Long-term economic value may be foreseeable in terms of different chronic hepatitis B treatment opti
The joint research, aimed at analyzing economic value of chronic hepatitis B (CHB) treatment options, which are available in Korea, has been featured in the latest online issue of the international journal PLOS ONE.
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Government urged to overhaul license conditions for herbal pills
The government needs to approve new drugs using herbal substances, with the same license criteria as prescription drugs, a lawmaker said Wednesday.
During the parliamentary session to the Ministry of Health and Wel...
National health insurance to cover antiarrhythmic drug
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday that Sanofi-Aventis’s antiarrhythmic drug Multaq (ronedarone) will be covered by national health insurance from May 1. The insurance coverage of Bristol-Myers Squibb/Pfi...
Pharmacists urge NCCP to favor drugstores
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) called on the National Commission for Corporate Partnership (NCCP) last Thursday to designate a drugstore as one of businesses reserved for small- and medium-sized enterpris...
Can 13 OTC medicines be sold at 24-hour convenience stores?
Min Byung-doo, a lawmaker from the main opposition Democratic United Party, recently submitted a bill to protect franchise shop owners from their parent firms.
The bill aims to ban convenience stores from opening 2...
Probe on overdue drug payment should be preceded: lawmaker
A bill, aimed at punishing medical institutions that fail to make their drug payment for over three months, has caused a debate in the National Assembly.
In the Health and Welfare Committee convened on Friday, Rep....
KFDA grants new indication for MRI contrast agent, Gadovist
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently agreed to expand the indication for Bayer Healthcare’s gadolinium-based contrast agent for MR imaging, Gadovist 1.0 (gadobutrol injection). Gadovist can now be used ...
Pharmacies struggle with drug supply
The sale of 43 drugs in pharmacies with or without a doctor’s prescription, which has been permitted from last month, got off to a rocky start.
Under the government’s re-categorization plan of drugs, a total of 43...
