News About: Goverment
Pharmacists expect Hong’s straightforward leadership
Hong Joon-pyo, the new leader of the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), is well-known for being independent, straightforward and outspoken.
Analysts say these characteristics could be determining factors for either...
Medical charges to get refunded
Patients will receive last year’s medical fee refunds that exceeded their out-of-pocket money, the National Health Insurance Corporation said Monday.
For those who spent more than 4 million won of medical fee last ...
Health ministry to hold public hearings over restriction-free OTC medicines
To collect broader opinions from experts and the public before completing the bill in detail, the Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to hold two discussion sessions with experts on July 7 and 11 and a public hearing...
4 presciption drugs likely to be reclassied into OTC products
Four medicines previously requiring prescription - Zantac tablets, Duphalac syrup, Gaster-D tablets and Hyalein eye drop - will be reclassified into over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare sai...
Pharmacists group object to OTC products’ sale at supermarket
A pharmacists group called “Yakjonnmo” has recently run a series of advertisements in a local newspaper, denouncing the govement measures to allow supermarket sales of OTC drugs.
They have claimed in the advertisme...
Clashes lingers in reclassification of drugs
Pharmacists, doctors and officials representing civic groups will discuss the sale of non-prescription drugs at places other than pharmacies during a meeting of a subcommittee meeting of the Central Pharmaceutical Aff...
Dementia patients to get more aid
The National Health Insurance Corporation said Thursday that it will subsidize up to 30,000 won per dementia patient aged 60 years or older for medication as part of efforts to combat against dementia, focusing on ear...
Digestive pills are most popular at pharmacy
The Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs reported Tuesday that 187 million won worth of digestive pills were sold at 537 pharmacies during six days in November 2009.
OTC products acting on respiratory syst...
Liquid digestives may be available at supermarkets from August
The Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that they plan to enact a bill to legislate the government’s over-the-counter (OTC)-related measure as planned.
The measure...
Medication fee to rise at general hospitals in October
Starting in October, fees for medication prescribed by general hospitals will double from their current level as part of a government move to discourage patients with relatively minor illnesses from frequently visitin...
