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Medical reform program to implement without failure.
President Kim Dae-jung in the recent MOHW's report meeting ordered that the government's medical reform program shall be carried out without any failures and the NHI financial stabilization plans thoroughly establishe...
Brilliant outcomes visualized in BT field
With the full 4-year government support over the major science and technology sectors since the inception of new government in 1997, Korea has continued to make a brisk pace towards an advanced science-oriented countr...
National health insurance deficit further aggravated
Business sources say that appropriate measures needs to be urgently established to cope with more deteriorated financial instability in the national health insurance sector, since there was persistent deficit trend fo...
Medical organizations boycotted the Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Committee
Recently, the representatives from Korea Medical Association, Korea Dental Association, Korea Pharmaceutical Association, Korea Nurse Association and Korea Hospital Association have made a joint statement that they ca...
Establishment of medical institution in partitioned area of large pharmacy being disputed
There has been an increasing tendency of establishing a new medical institution in a partitioned area of large pharmacy so as to promote the illicit connection of specific-drug prescription between medical institution...
KPMA membership fee paid by turnover standards
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) says that instead of the current membership payment system levied on production records of each member, which has been implemented for 50 years, it will soon d...
Endless vicious cycles over drug price slash caused by NHI financial problems.
In an excuse of the NHI financial saving a massive slash of drug prices has been customarily targeted as a scapegoat almost every year. The massive drug price slashes have been made 4 times after the medical reform pr...
Local market contested by foreign invested firms in the fourth quarter
Competitions between domestic and foreign invested firms over the domestic market have become fierce after the full-fledged implementation of the new system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice.
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Local pharmaceutical firms eyed prescription drugs and clinic sector
Stimulated by the implementation of SDP function, many local firms plan to concentrate their marketing strategies towards prescription drugs and clinics, in the midst of increasing sales in high-priced drugs and more ...
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...
