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Effient to be covered by health insurance
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday the national health insurance will cover a platelet inhibitor Effient tablets (prasugrel) from July to reduce the risk of blood clots from forming in patients who under...
New labeling rule to take effect from July
From July, customers will be careful to scan processed foods for dates, whether it is an expiration date, a sell-by date, or a use-by date.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Food and Drug Administrat...
Mixed reactions over re-categorization of contraceptive pills
The morning-after pill will be sold without a prescription at pharmacies nationwide from as early as next year.
Morning-after pills prevent a woman from getting pregnant if taken within 72 hours of sexual intercour...
Korea's health insurance outlays up 9.5% in first quarter
Korea's first quarter health insurance outlays for examination and treatment rose 9.5 percent, compared to the same period last year, a state-run agency report said last Friday.
The National Health Insurance Corp. ...
Row on contraceptive pills rages
Controversy has been brewing recently over the release of morning-after pills.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced earlier the reclassification of some drugs. Under the changed regulations, birth cont...
Lawmakers vow to renounce privileges and side jobs
Early this month, the governing Saenuri Party adopted a resolution on six reform measures for the abolition of lawmakers’ privileges and benefits, and the main opposition Democratic United Party (DUP) said Sunday it w...
Ethical sales drop 8.5% in May
The domestic ethical market for outpatients in May accounted for 708.9 billion won, showing an 8.5-percent decrease over the same period of last year and reflecting the lack of blockbusters' launching and the governme...
People should not fear groundless information on DRG system
The government is making all-outs to let the public have proper information on a “diagnosis-related group” payment plan as incongruous information is circulating through social network services, said an official from ...
Reference pricing for drugs: Is it compatible with Korean health care system?
- This article analyzes the impact of the reference pricing (RP) system on the Korea’s health insurance scheme, which has been recently reported to the Ministry of Health and Welfare by the Korea Drug Research Associa...
Contribution of incumbent president
President Lee Myung-bak has contributed much to eradication of illegal rebate practice in domestic pharmaceutical industry as one of his achievements while he has been in office for four years, Cheong Wa Daesaid recen...
