News About: Goverment
Will Revlimid be covered by health insurance?
Will myeloma patients be able to get cheaper and better drugs this year? Now all eyes are on the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) committee's decision on the reimbursement of Revlimid, a new drug ...
Patients suffering from heel pain surge in 5 years
Do you suffer from pain in your heel? Especially, a stabbing pain that usually occurs with the first few steps from your bed in the morning, or with prolonged standing in hard shoes on a hard floor?
In such cases,...
NHIC’s more stringent ex post facto management function urged
It is strongly recommended that the currently loose follow-up function by the National Health Insurance Corporation will need to be overhauled through its on-spot investigation of hospital bills, a report said recentl...
Government urged to set up more R&D fund for drug companies
Korea needs to unveil a long-term vision to foster global pharmaceutical firms through the creation of a large-scale research and development (R&D) fund and offering various tax benefits to local companies, the countr...
Insurance fees to be raised for high income earners
Workers who earn additional income other than their employment wages are required to pay more in national health insurance fees, and the government should impose the same insurance premium rules to salaried workers an...
Tax breaks for R&D spending extended to 2015
Korea seeks to extend tax exemptions for pharmaceutical companies’ investment in research and development (R&D) to help create more jobs and investment in the face of cloudy economic conditions, the finance ministry s...
Government agency is under fire over planned establishment of public pharmaceutical firm
The National Health Insurance Corporation is under fire after it revealed a plan on Monday to strengthen the public distribution of medicinal products through the establishment of a state-run pharmaceutical firm.
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Baby boomers prefers long-term advance payment over pension fund
More baby boomers, who were born between 1955 and 1963 and are now in their late 40s and mid-50s, are willing to voluntarily pay the long-term advance pension premiums into the National Pension Service (NPS) for their...
Korea to invest 3.6 billion won for new drug development in 2013
The government will invest 3.6 billion won for research and development (R&D) of new drugs next year, a presidential body said last Thursday.
The amount is up 20 percent from the 300 won set aside for the same purp...
Substitute drugs available at pharmacy top 5,179 in July
The number of substitute drugs that may be dispensed at pharmacy was 5,179 in July, up 71 compared with the figure revealed in April, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said last Thursday.
Under the...
