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Constitutional Court to review financial integration of health insurance
A hearing over the financial integration of the national health insurance will be held Thursday at the Constitutional Court for a review on a petition by the Korean Medical Association.
In June 2009, the KMA asked ...
Health ministry to re-examine costs of imaging equipment
The Ministry of Health and Welfare asked the Korean Hospital Association and the Korean Society of Radiology to submit basic data of imaging equipment to re-evaluate the number of testing machines in the country, incl...
Vosodilator buflomedil injection to be banned
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said yesterday it has decided to ban sales of buflomedil-containing drugs, mostly used to treat peripheral arterial occlusive disease, following the sales ban of oral bufl...
High-income households favor OTC drugs and health products
High-earning earners with a higher educational background tend to buy more over-the-counter (OTC) and quasi-drugs and functional health products, while low-income households with a poor education level want to purchas...
Government to fix drug management fee at 470 won per visit
From next January, pharmacy’s drug management fee will be fixed at 470 won per visit, and dispensing fee for more than two-day prescription will slightly rise, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Under...
BPH in elderly men rises
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) among the elderly male population is rising, the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service revealed Monday.
According to the HIRA, the number of people treated for BPH marked 7...
Health ministry dismisses KORUS FTA rumor on health insurance
The Ministry of Health and Welfare are dumbfounded at bizarre assertion that the U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which was ratified in the National Assembly, will lead to increase of insurance-covered dru...
Drug agency to screen product monograph prior to marketing
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently unveiled its plan to screen the contents of a drug’s insert paper which include product summary, pharmacological action and active ingredients prior to its launching...
Health insurance to cover 73 drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday that a total of 73 generic drugs, including Handok’s Amaryl-M (metformin HCl), will be covered by the national health insurance from Dec. 1.
The ministry also said tha...
India patent case threatens cheap drug supply
Swiss-based Novartis attempts to weaken Indian Patent Law that threatens to restrict access to live-saving medicines for millions in the developing world, a civic group said Monday.
The warning came as the Supreme ...
