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National Assembly to finalize revised bill tomorrow.
The Health and Welfare Standing Committee, the National Assembly seems to have a general meeting on Feb. 22, and the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law may be presented them to make it final decision.
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No injectable drugs to be excluded.
The KPA took a stern position not to participate in the medical reform program if injectable drugs get excluded, admitting that such movement might pave an advanced way for developing the medical and pharmacy role sep...
KMA insists on one copy of prescription sheet.
The KMA officially announced that the prescription sheet would be issued by one copy, not a duplicate as provisionally required.
The KMA made it clear and announced on Feb. 21 that the prescription sheet is an offi...
Physicians responsible for medication reimbursement rejectio
A study paper reported by Dr. Cho Jae-kook of the Health and Social Affairs Research Institute described that the medical insurance reimbursement rejection for physician's prescription filling at pharmacies should be ...
Prescription fees to put in consultation charges.
Effective from July 1 the prescription fees for outpatients issued by medical institutes will be abolished and, instead, put into the physician's consultation fees.
After the implementation of the new medical refor...
All collusive business links reflective to provisions.
Minister Choi Sun-jung of the MOHW said in the parliamentary interpellation that any collusive business links between medical institutes and pharmacies deteriorated the principle of the government medical reform plans...
Negative responses to drug distribution information system.
The drug distribution information system projected by the MOHW in association with KOPAMS has faced the most critical turning point in 10 months since the project start-up, because of remarkable negative responses fro...
Most dispensing sheets found no descriptions
Illegal practices in the market were found with a majority case of no necessary descriptions necessarily written on the dispensing sheet, which keenly attracted pharmacist's attentions and warnings.
The Seoul Medic...
National Assembly to interpellate medical issues.
The National Assembly had an interpellation over the current medical issues on Feb. 15 in the 218th extraordinary session under the presence of Prime Minister Lee Han-dong and Miniser Choi of the MOHW including other ...
Average 15% price cutdown for 1,300 drugs
The MOHW has finished the hearing to confirm their earlier price check, and therefore may determine the pertinent drug price cutdown for 1,300 items at earliest in February by 15% on average. The price reduction, howe...
