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Selective medical treatment system to take effect from October
More full-fledged, selective medical treatment system will be implemented from October 1, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The system is intended for enhancing the quality of selective treatment and...
Government to propose bill over OTC medicines
After President Lee Myung-bak harshly criticized the Ministry of Health and Welfare for continuing to ban the sale of over-the-counter medicine in supermarkets and convenience stores, the ministry said Friday that it ...
Health ministry seeking to allow 20 drugs for OTC
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering allowing approximately 20 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to be sold at supermarkets and convenience stores.
“We will seek advice from the medicine classification ...
Health insurance covers 10.9 trillion in first quarter
The government spent nearly 11 trillion won on health insurance cover.
The medical costs covered by the nation’s obligatory health insurance scheme were 10.9 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, a 8.2 pe...
Health ministry mulls permit of some OTC drugs at supermarkets
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that it would allow 28 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to be sold at supermarkets.
The move came after President Lee Myung-bak on June 7 criticized the health minis...
Government to reduce drug dispensing fee
The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affair committee will decide on the drug dispensing/management fee on July 14.
For the reassessment and cutbacks of the fee, the health ministry has applied a collective ...
Finance minister seeking to lift OTC restriction
Ministry of Strategy and Finance Park Jae-wan said Friday that his ministry will push up with a plan to sell over-the-counter (OTC) drugs outside pharmacies.
In a press briefing, Park said that the ministry will ca...
Health minister remains unchanged over OTC sales
Minister of Health and Welfare, who was chided by President Lee Myung-bak on Tuesday morning for over-the-counter drug restriction, said that the ministry will try to protect consumer convenience, adding it will facil...
Government mulls re-categorizing drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering allowing allow convenience stores to sell some medicines that are currently only sold in pharmacies.
“We will hold a series of meetings from June 15 to review the c...
Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Review Committee to implement drug reclassification plan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said that the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Review Committee, which is under the umbrella of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, will be mainly responsible for pushing up with a...
