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Move to readjust health insurance coverage provokes protest
The government's move to revise health insurance coverage over diabetes has provoked criticism from doctors.
Under the health ministry’s plan, metroformin monotherapy may be eligible to diabetic patients showing hi...
KFDA approves once a day dose of Sprycel
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently granted once a day dose of Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS)’s Sprycel (dasatinib) 100 mg in addition to Sprycel 50 mg (twice a day).
“Many patients who were resistant o...
Health minister hints OTC may be sold at supermarket
Over the counter drugs, such as digestive pills that don't need a doctor's prescription, could be sold at supermarkets in the near future, and people without a pharmacist's license may also be allowed to run pharmacie...
Government urged to encourage generic production
Korea needs to encourage pharmaceutical producers to come up with ways to offer effective drugs at cheaper prices, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said Friday.
In a forum, HIRA officials said the...
Doctors call for health insurance reform
The government needs to make the comprehensive review on the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, a local professor said Monday.
In a workshop organized by the Korean Medical Associat...
Calls mounting for sale of OTC drugs at supermarkets
About 25 civic groups including the Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice are joining hands to press ahead with a campaign for the sale of nonprescription drugs at convenience stores.
They criticize the Ministr...
Government seeking to reduce health insurance deficit
With the Health National Insurance Corporation’s gloomy projection that the nation’s health insurance deficit is expected to reach 16 trillion won in 2020, the government will come up with effective measures to counte...
Health insurance covers 70.3% of medical bills
The national health insurance spent up to 64 percent of medical fee last year, up 1.8 percentage points from 2009, according to the National Health Insurance Corp.
The coverage for pharmacy and clinic surged to 70....
Proper healthcare coverage for diabetes planned
The government will provide a proper level of healthcare coverage for diabetic patients to reduce medical spending, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said recently.
As part of the nation’s proper m...
Concerns growing over exemption of injectable preparations in DUR system
There is a mounting discontent over the planned introduction of a government-imposed review of prescribed drugs.
Pharmacists claimed that the exemption of injectable preparations in the Drug Utilization Review (DUR...
