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Lilly Korea does not consider Zuellig Korea as outsourcing partner
An official from Lilly Korea, affiliated company of a U.S.-based multinational firm, has dismissed the recent rumor that it is moving toward Zuellig Korea as outsourcing partner, saying that the company has reviewed t...
Pharmacists must describe dispensing details on prescriptions.
The MOHW announced in a bid to ensure the people's rights-to-know that the physician should issue a duplicate prescription for patients while the pharmacist must describe dispensing details on the prescriptions and ha...
Pharmacists requesting to scrap post-notification system.
The pharmacy circle strongly expressed their opinions of scrapping the post-notification system that is obligated for them to exercise the substituted dispensing practices in return for them to accept a new obligation...
Psychotic patients are being ill-treated under unrealistic health insurance coverage scheme
Local patients with psychosis is still in no position to enjoy their sufficient medical benefits under the government's unrealistic insurance policies and social prejudice against them, according to a recent survey.
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Government seeks to penalize doctors refusing to issue two copies of prescription
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on May 13 that it will draw up a rule to compulsorily penalize doctors who has failed to issue two copies of prescription and this proposed rule will be in effect after app...
Pharmaceutical firms turn to high-priced new OTC products strategy
Pharmaceutical firms are now adopting to set up a higher pricing level on newly launched OTCs as a way to cope with poor sales of ethical products and co-existence of pharmacies instead of price hikes via increased do...
Bottom pricing system to scrap when drug pricing kept transparent
Minister Kim Wha-joong of the MOHW indicated in the meeting with President Kim Jeong-soo of the KPMA and other advisory panels on May 9 that the MOHW would scrap the current bottom actual transaction pricing system wh...
Substitute drug dispensing plan hit snag
In spite of President Roh Moo-hyun's repeated pledges over substitute drug dispensing during his campaigning last December, the Health Ministry is still hesitating to push up with the plan without lifting various regu...
Substituted dispensing of combined drugs to simplify.
For the combined drugs such as digestives and antacids that are unable to substitute in dispensing, the government may revise the relevant provisions after its new classification that the current prior notification be...
OTC drugs exceeding ceiling insurance prices level disputed
The government, Korea Pharmaceutical Association, and domestic pharmaceutical industry are now trying to forge a solution to a controversial issue - some of reimbursable OTC drugs supplied to pharmacies at price...
