News About: Goverment
Parties set to convene plenary session today
Irritated by public criticism, major political parties on today will convene a plenary session to pass 60 pending bills, including a bill to permit sales of over-the-counter drugs at convenience stores.
Sources say...
Bill for sale of OTC drugs stalled
The National Assembly on Tuesday postponed what was expected to be its last plenary session, after rival parties failed to narrow their differences on a bill on the legislative process.
Floor leaders of the ruling...
Doctors’ performance should be reported every 3 years
Doctors will have to report their regular medical practices and refresher courses to the government every three years in order to get their doctor's license renewed, the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs...
Government monitors pharmacy’s false claim for high-priced drugs
The government unveiled its plan to keep pharmacies claiming the reimbursement of high-priced drugs despite substitute dispensing of more reasonable drugs, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) sai...
Korean medicines inexpensive globally
An interim study results of off-patent drugs showed that Korean medicines are inexpensive by global standards.
In the 2012 International Congress of Korean Federation of Pharmaceutical Societies hold in Jeju betwee...
Doubts about bill to permit supermarket drug sales
Questions are being raised over the passage of a revision bill to permit the sale of certain drugs at convenient stores, which is set to pass the outgoing 18th National Assembly next Tuesday.
Last February, lawmake...
Concerns growing over over-the-counter & prescription drug abuse
A number of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are produced each year in Korea. Although most people use these medications properly, a significant number of people partake in prescription drug abuse and OTC...
Health ministry probes retail prices of popular OTC drugs
The government is embarking on a probe to examine the actual market prices of 200 over-the-counter drugs at pharmacies, which have been frequently used by consumers between July 2011 and April 2011.
According to th...
DUR system is on right track
The government-imposed review of prescribed drugs has been on the right track since December 2010, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) said yesterday.
According to data by the HIRA, a total of...
KMA, government poles apart over two policies
Without a doubt, the tension between the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korean Medical Association (KMA) is culminating this month.
Doctors are vehemently opposing the government’s plans to acknowledge othe...
