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Substitutive dispensing issue closely to accord in tripartite meeting.
From Oct. 31 the tripartite meeting behan to discuss current medical reform issues only to identify their different opinions at the lst meeting, and then established a working-level subcommittee in the 2nd meeting to ...
Business collusion between medical institutes and pharmacies to prohibit.
Mr. Lee Kyung-ho, the chief officer of the Planning and Administration, MOHW said on Oct. 31 that the government and the pharmacy association agreed to set up an earlier soft landing of the government's medical refor...
KPMA imperatively to request insurance standard price compliance to wholesalers.
The KPMA expressed a deep regret to the FTC and asked for improvement of the provision against the recent FTC's warning measures, claiming that the industry's policy over the insurance drug standard prices is one of c...
Tripartite meeting of government, medical and pharmacy groups to debate on hot issues.
The tripartite meeting among the government, the medical and the pharmacy organizations began to talk from Oct. 31 to discuss many hot issues including the substitutive dispensing problems, drug reclassification and s...
Growing number of pharmacy not to sell OTCs.
After the government's medical and pharmacy role separation system launched, most pharmacies located near big hospitals have not sold any general (non-prescription) drugs, which is very unusual. Most of them spent so ...
Drug prescription by generic or brand name on hot issue.
The 2nd tripartite meeting on Nov. 2 opened but soon suspended only after identifying bipolar positions between the medical and the pharmacy communities. The 3rd meeting was soon resumed at 8 p.m.
Following the tri...
FTC ordered KPMA and 39 drug companies to correct unfair trade practices.
After the insurance drug pricing policy was changed and adopted to the Actual Purchasing Price Reimbursement system along with implementation of the government's medical and pharmacy role separation program, most of l...
A new dioxin detoxicant agent to develop by Daewoong.
Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA: Daewoong), a liver protecting drug, was found with a possible detoxicate effect against Dioxin, one of the most toxic environmental hormone interrupters.
An animal study conducted by Pro...
Harsh pressure by medical community to government widely diffused.
A tripartite meeting schedule among the government, the medical and the pharmacy communities has been postponed, which provokes a tough atmosphere especially in the radical groups of the medical community.
The Stru...
Government's drug price slash gave no saving effects to insurance fund.
In the past 10 years the government cut insurance drug prices down almost every year in an excuse of saving the medical insurance financing fund. However, the KPMA recently conducted a survey regarding the saving effe...
