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HIRA to save 37BW of medical payment.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) announced in attendance of the relevant officials from the MOHW, National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) at the conference under the subject of "Reform plan for the natio...
Hospital community sensitively concerned over government's hospital assessment.
The local hospital community seriously concerned about the recent government's hospital assessment report. The Hospital Association expressed considerable worries that the system might critically impair the whole medi...
Pricing standards for combined and modified new drugs in urgent need.
To foster the R&D of a modified new drug that was suggested as one of the future drug industrial development issues, it is urgently required for the drug pricing account standards especially of the combined and modifi...
KPA to open Returned Stock Operating Unit.
Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) decided to operate "Returned Stock Operating Unit" for the purpose of smoothly returning stocks from the member pharmacies in the joint meeting with the relevant commissioners fr...
KPMA to urge removal of public advertising ban on OTC drugs.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA: chairman: Kim Jeong-soo) urged to the Korea Broadcasting Commission (KBC) that the public advertising ban on 12 therapeutic drug groups including drugs for liv...
Manufacturers Ask Korea Broadcasting Commission to Lift Ban on Pharmaceutical Advertising
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) recently made a proposal to the Korea Broadcasting Commission (KBC) to lift the KBC’s current ban on the public advertising of pharmaceutical products, based o...
List of High-Priced Prescription Drugs Identified for Government Reviews
The list of high-priced prescription drugs as identified by the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) shows that a total of 758 ethical drugs with specific tradenames are subject to the first-quarter review on the act...
Civil Interest Group Voices Strong Disagreement on Proposed Medical Law Reform Bill
The domestic civil interest group strongly opposes on the proposed reform bill as applied to the current Medical Law, which suggests to expand the scope of medical institution’s incidental businesses to enable a diver...
Manufacturer of Caldivita Given Advices for Improvement
Kyungin Regional KFDA (Korea Food and Drug Administration) recently gave its formal instructions to Bayer Korea to implement appropriate measures to improve the current manufacturing and packaging processes for Caldiv...
Hanlim Pharmaceutical Makes Export Agreement for OTC Products to U.S. Market
Hanlim Pharmaceutical said that it has made an export agreement with Consumer Care Product Corp. of the United States for the sales of over-the-counter (OTC) eye care and nasal spray products, where the company expect...
