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Doctors to file class suit against National Health Insurance Corp.
The improper refunding of medical service fees by the National Health Insurance Corporation was upheld in the Supreme Court on Nov. 24, 2011.
The court upheld the ruling that doctors may claim other treatment fees ...
KFDA chief stresses change, challenge and collaboration
Lee Hee-sung, the new chief of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, said Tuesday that all officials should do their utmost with a pride.
“If everyone fulfills its own task, he or she is able to be a top official...
2012 welfare budget rises 10.6%
The government increased its welfare budget spending by 10.6 percent this year to boost social welfare and research projects for stronger economic growth potential.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Saturday ...
Wholesaler urges warehouse deregulation
The government needs to deregulate the size of a wholesale warehouse, said a president of Seoul Wholesaler Association, Monday.
Han Sang-hoi, a promising candidate in the next president election of the Korea Pharma...
MOHW announces 14 pct. cut in coverage of pharmaceutical drugs
The government will slash the price of about half the drugs on the market by an average of 14 percent from this month, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
According to the ministry, 7,500 items of the ...
Lee Hee-sung tapped as KFDA head
President Lee Myung-bak on Friday promoted Lee Hee-sung, vice commissioner of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, to the top KFDA post, which has remained vacant since the appointment of former KFDA chief Noh Yun-...
Lee appoints new vice commissioner of KFDA
Chong Wa Dae said Friday that Lee Sung-hee, head of the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS), was promoted to vice commissioner of the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
The 59-year-old Ki...
2,173 antihypertensive drugs reclassified into 12 therapeutic categories
A total of 2,173 insurance-covered drugs for treatment of hypertension have been recently reclassified into 12 therapeutic categories, according to the ongoing economic effectiveness program of pharmaceuticals underta...
Number of medical institutions tops 81,681
There are 81,681 medical facilities nationwide as of the end of last year, including hospitals, clinics, public healthcare centers, maternity nursing care centers, dentists, pharmacies and Oriental medical centers, co...
Quasi-drug law to be revised
A National Assembly committee Tuesday endorsed a revision of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law requiring quasi-drug suppliers to make more detailed description of the ‘precaution in use’ into a monograph.
The bill pas...
