News About: Goverment
National university hospitals impose different room charges
The non-reimbursable room charges and MRI scan of national university hospital have been differently imposed, according to a lawmaker.
Rep. Nam Yoon-insoon of the main opposition Democratic United Party, citing the...
Australia ranks first in per capita expense for OTC drug
Australia’ per capita expenditure for purchase of OTC drug stands at $104, the highest figure in Asia-Pacific countries, according to Veronita Rusli of Nicollas&Hall Company at the first Asia-Pacific Self-Medication I...
Two NHIC officials to be reprimanded
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) will take disciplinary action against its two officials upon the demand from the Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI).
This comes as the BAI said they violated the gu...
Measures urged over re-pricing of drugs having extended indication
The Board of Audit and Inspection (BAI) called on the Ministry of Health and Welfare to readjust the price of insurance drugs whose indications are extended.
According to the BAI, which investigated the prices of 1...
KFDA to readjust maximum dose of Tylenol
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering reducing the maximum dose of Tylenol (acetaminophen) due to possible hepatotoxicity.
During a parliamentary inspection of the KFDA Thursday, Rep Shin Kyung-rim ...
Side effects of isotretinoin are controversial
Many dermatologists have effectively widened the scope of isotretinoin use to include even mild acne despite the fact that the drug is approved for only the most severe, scar-forming and disfiguring nodular acne, whic...
24 pharmacies caught selling drugs without prescription
Twenty four pharmacies were caught selling psychotropic drugs and erectile dysfunction drugs in the areas where separation of drug dispensing from medical practice are exempted, according to a lawmaker.
During a pa...
KMA, KDA unable to agree on 2013 service fee
The National Health Insurance Corporation and the Korean Medical Association Wednesday adjourned long hours of talks on the next year’s medical service charges with no agreement on how to deal with the controversial p...
Measures urged over misuse of isotretinoin products
A lawmaker on Tuesday demanded isotretinoin products, including Roche Korea’s Roaccutane, be stripped out of health insurance due to the large number of people who reported serious side effects from taking them.
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Government urged to introduce new prescription plan
A lawmaker claimed that the government needs to consider a new prescription plan, under which doctors will be required to prescribe the actual ingredient instead of the name of a specific drug product as they do now.
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