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Different opinions over ways to access orphan drugs between industry and government
Over ways to increase patient accessibility for orphan drugs, the industrial field and the government have shown different approaches.
While the industrial field suggested to extend the scope of the Risk-Sharing Agre...
Government to adopt Prompt Assessment System on high-tech biologics by December
The Prompt Assessment System, which has mainly been applied to synthetic drugs, will also be applied to biologics.
The purpose of the application is to support cutting-edge biologics to launch promptly to market and ...
MOHW, “We’ll do our best to settle 17 regional wound centers”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) stress to focus on settling regional wound centers based on the Minister Neung-Hoo Park’s answer to support the plan.
However, the plan the ministry revealed on the day was on...
When will they operation the first ‘Pharmacists-Government Consultative Group’?
While there are high interests in the ‘Pharmacists-Government Consultative Group’ for the pharmacists’ society, the deliberative committee for emergency household medicines in convenient stores will become a variable ...
MFDS revises ‘Order of Conduct for Public Servants’ followed by Kim Young-Ran Law revision
As the Anti-Corruption and Bribery Prohibition Law, also known as Kim Young-Ran Law, will be revised, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) also revised its ‘Code of Conduct for Public Servants’ following the rev...
MOHW creates divisions only for Moon Jae-In Care with more staffs
In order to carry out the National Health Insurance Coverage Extension Plan, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will temporarily create the ‘Preliminary Health Insurance Division’ and ‘Medical Security Division.’
The...
Plan to strengthen current law by extending health insurance suspension from 1 year to 3 years
A bill was tabled to strengthen punishments for drug illegal rebates by extending a period of insurance benefit suspension to 3 years and raising the upper limit price for fines by 60%.
People’s Party Rep. Do-Ja Choi...
ACRC starts to eradicate corruptions in the health care field
The government will have run a reporting period to eradicate illegal rebates in the health care field.
The Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission(Chairperson Eun-Jung Park, ACRC) announced on the 12th to run a rep...
6th Deliberative Committee for Emergency Household Medicines got vague this January
It has been vague that the ‘6th Deliberative Committee for Adjustment of the Emergency Household Medicine List’ would be held as scheduled this January.
While a half of this January has already passed, it seems the k...
Main cause of generic flood is joint & contract bioequivalence test
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s(MFDS) plan to ease regulations have flooded generics in the market, which led to illegal business activities, such as provision of illegal rebates.
According to the Ministry of ...
