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Number of intestine/breast cancers up
A survey of 131 hospitals across the country conducted by the Korea Central Cancer Registration Headquarter under the Ministry of Health Welfare has disclosed that the number of new cancer patients (excluding epitheli...
NHI price cut, painful issue to medical and pharmacy communities.
Amid KMA's boycott to the 6th meeting of the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Council (hereinafter called HIPC), other participants agreed with 7% increases of the NHI premium but failed to draw a consensus on the...
Diverse management strategies in pharmaceutical industry eyed
Pharmaceutical business sources say that to well comply with more intensified competition after the implementation of the system of separation of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, some pharmaceutical f...
KPhWA decided to overcome difficulties with reform.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association (KPhWA) formed the Distribution Reform Commission to actively cope with the environmental changes including the business influx of many foreign multinational corporations...
Doctors threatening strikes against the reduction rate of treatment charges
The Korea Medical Association says they will soon go on a site-in strike against the proposed reduction of treatment charges.
Noting that the reduction of treatment charges, which is being actively promoted by the...
3 J&J affiliated companies tried for North Korea visits in March.
3 Johnson and Johnson affiliates, Janssen Korea, J&J Korea and J&J Medical Korea, planned to take their chief executive's visits to North Korea. The visit program was for implementing the social welfare program under ...
Foreigner's direct investment for finished drug import to be accelerated.
Foreign multinational drug corporations will put aggressive investments for marketing promotion and importation of finished drugs in Korea for the purpose of expanding their market shares.
Mr. Chang Jae-joon, the m...
Impotence drugs on severe competition in the market.
Following Viagra success other many analogues seem to overflow into the impotence drug markets such as Uprima by Abbott recently, Cialis by E. Lilly and Valdenapil by Bayer very soon.
Further to the above foreign m...
Increase of health medical insurance premium still in pending status
Business sources say that the plan for adjusting the increase of health insurance premium and reduction in treatment charges has failed to reach an agreement due to the strong opposition from the medical organization....
Commissioned claim of medical reimbursement being desired after a certain grace period
The MOHW has made a recent notice, to this effect that some eligible medical institutions involved in the commissioned claims of medical reimbursement are restricted to Korea Medical Association, Korea Dental Associat...
