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Special provision required to keep sound NHI finance.
Rep. Lee Won-hyung of the opposition GNP proposed for the formation of the special commission organized with specialists in its fields in order to discuss and suggest the most appropriate measures for the NHI financia...
Community pharmacies to sell more general drugs.
The sales of non-prescription drugs at most of community retail pharmacies showed an ongoing increase because most of dispensing pharmacies located near medical institutes were engaging in prescription filling busines...
National Assembly called for excessive medical treatments to eradicate.
In the interpellation toward the social and cultural areas on April 12, the National Assembly discussed the NHI financial collapse focusing on the parliamentary investigation and whether to implement the medical refo...
Pharmacy dispensing payment in declining trend.
According to the MOHW's statistics over the medical insurance payment for the ambulatory patients by institutes, the dispensing charges per a pharmacy plunged from 1,358 won in Dec. last year to 1,390 won in January, ...
Direct-payment system of medicine cost, strongly criticized
While the Government is promoting the direct-payment system of medicine cost, which is leading the controversy between the pros and cons, the system was bitterly criticized at a forum.
Dr. Jae-hwan Byeon of Korean ...
Striking Committee to win Doctor's right resume their Activity: Strong Airs showed
Striking Committee to win Doctor's right, leaded struggle against the government last year and dominate as power group of policy execution, show a signs of resuming their real activity again.
They launched Cyber S...
Health registration for Bisacodyl partly to amend.
The KFDA called for Bisacodyl preparations to additionally put a warning description indicating "a convulsion and abdominal distress may occur when Bisacody administered.
The KFDA has decided to give the above inst...
MOHW to make the revision bill of the Pharm. Affairs Law be passed by the NA
Joining forces with the ruling Millennium Democratic Party, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) is planning to devote its energies to make the pending revision bill of the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law pass through...
Steady Investigation of Medicine Price bring about Markdown
Government decided that they will do steady investigation of medicine price and cut the price if need, to stabilize insurance finance.
Government and ruling party will hold the policy meeting of party on April 11,...
FTC to check unfair trade all year along
The Fair Trade Commission took the lst probe against the medical and pharmaceutical lobbying organizations including the KPMA and the KPhTA, drug makers and wholesalers last month, and will continue searching any unfa...
