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Not Issuing Receipts at 58% Pharmacy·51% Hospital
Since the separation of dispensary from medical practice, the idea that the receipts should be issued on the medical treatment and on the preparation of medicine, has been brought forward. At the present, the research...
HELFLINE operating corporation to establish
The MOHW will announce on May 16 that a corporation running for a drug distribution information system called HELFLINE be formed with about 30 billion won of capital probably during the 2nd half of this year, and for ...
Government subsidy should be inject 3 trillion for Financial Stabilization
It brings up that so as to stabilize insurance finance 3 trillion won in next year welfare budget should be subsidized by the government.
People's solidarity for participatory democracy social welfare committee h...
Non-prescription drugs for self-medication to be expanded.
To save the NHI fund and to prevent people from unnecessarily hospital calls for minor disorders, the government intended to reclassify prescription drugs more into the non-prescription or OTC drugs so that people wou...
Nutritional supplements and OTC pain killers no NHI reimbursable.
The MOHW plans to expand the range of general drugs for patient's self-medication in order to eliminate any unnecessary hospital calls on one hand and to save the NHI fund on the other, especially for the safe drugs o...
Healthcare product market made concentrated capture
Leading pharmaceutical companies and venture corporation have targeted healthcare product market in the limelight as new growth product together, whose development is being watched with keen interest.
Choongwae Pha...
Night time dispensing records to separate mandatorily.
In addition to the computer records, any prescription charges of filling at night times shall be kept in a separate record for an insurance reimbursement approval from the HIRA.
The HIRA may not approve its additi...
Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Circles oppose strongly against pressure of Medicine Price Cut
Pharmaceutical manufacturing industry resist strongly that in connection with Ministry of Health and Welfare demanding voluntary industry's average 10 percent reduction of insurance medicine price than existing as the...
KFDA introduce Guarantee System of Clinical testing
Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) had all-out revision the standard of medicine clinic testing institution to secure the trust of clinical test as introducing preservation of testee's human rights and guarantee ...
Medical and Pharmaceutical Circles urge to participate in Financial Stability
While Ministry of Health and Welfare preparing comprehensive program for health insurance stability in May, medical and pharmaceutical circles held the 2nd medical and pharmaceutical regular conferrence on May 10 and...
