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NHIC in AIDS price dispute
Last September, the National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC) decided to raise the price of Prezistar tablets, an HIV drug designed for people who are resistant to other treatments, from 3,480 won to 4,890 won per pill.
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60% of clinics prescribe digestives in common cold
61.2 percent of clinics have prescribed digestives to their patients for common conditions such as cold, coughs and sore throats, according to a lawmaker who cited data from the Health Insurance Review Assessment and ...
Wholesalers call for delay of unified drug distribution system
Local pharmaceutical wholesalers are going up in arms against the proposed lifting of controversial unified drug distribution system at the end of this year.
Citing nationalist sentiments, they have established an ...
Bulk material DMF system to be simplified in 2011
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it is contemplating an administrative measure designed to ameliorate drug master file (DMF)-related regulations from next year, including:
- As for an applicant who intend ...
Concerns grow over tar-containing iron drugs
Some iron preparations were found to contain coal tar coloring but have been sold to pregnant women without being monitored by the nation’s food agency.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has been blind to the ...
Korea urged to join PICS
It is necessary for Korea to join the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme (PIC/S) as soon as possible, to demonstrate its superior current Good Manufacturing Practice...
NHIC seeking to narrow gap in 2011 medical service charge
The National Health Insurance Corp. aims to narrow differences and start bargaining in earnest with medical and pharmaceutical organizations.
The forthcoming session will focus mainly on the adjustment of doctors’ ...
Medical bill for rheumatic arthritis patients will go down
The cost that individuals will have to shoulder for treatment of advanced or progressive rheumatic arthritis will go down from this month will go down thanks to the government’s plan to restructure the national health...
40% of regional health insurance beneficiaries avoid medical checks
Four out of 10 people under regional health insurance scheme did not visit hospitals for state-backed free health checks in 2009, according to Rep. Jeon Hyun-hee of the opposition Democratic Party.
The number of be...
KFDA sees relocation plan end March in 2011
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says that its relocation plan to Osong, a small city of North Chungcheong Province, has been set for November 8 this year and March in 2011 in a move toward decentralization.
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