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Medical community raised questions over government negotiation with pharmacists.
Although many opinions criticized the negotiation made between the government and the pharmacist community, the 10 subcommittee members of the Emergency Countermeasure Committee of KMA decided to take park in the nego...
KFDA revised drug registration provisions.
In line with the recent government's enforced policy of drug efficacy equivalent tests required for the substitutive dispensing at pharmacies the KFDA has revised the relevant provision (The regulation of examining th...
Substitutive dispensing allowed only for items of bio-equivalency tested.
In negotiation with the medical community the government may accept most of proposals presented by the community including the permissible range of substitutive dispensing drugs.
*Ban on the substitutive dispensi...
Bar code troubles with consolidated drug distribution information system.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center (KPIC) tested their drug distribution information system from Sept 18 to Oct. 7 for 3 weeks over the total 75 cases compiled from 2 pharmacies, one general hospitals and 3 d...
Government to suspend doctor's licence if he takes part in strikes.
The government announced to take forceful punishing measures against doctor's strikes, warning the doctors on the strike to suspend or cancel their licences. However, the medical side decided to make a strict confront...
EDI medication bills for insurance reimbursement rejected at high rates.
After the government's medical and pharmacy role separation program launched, pharmacies billed their insurance medication charges to the Health Evaluation Board for insurance reimbursement but have received a high ra...
Drug industry calls for common prescription drug list to remove.
The current pharmaceutical affairs law contains the drug list for about 600 most common prescription drugs, but the drug industry strongly called for this clause to be deleted in upcoming revision process of the same ...
Bio-Technology Industrial Council to establish under Presidential Office.
The government held a report meeting led by the President Kim Dae-jung with 80 dignitaries from the bio-technology industry, academy and research institutes and the relevant Ministers on Oct. 6 and discussed the subje...
Collective strikes of medical communities battered whole nation.
The medical community implemented their planned walk out across the nation on Oct. 6, causing enormous inconveniencies and troubles to the ailing people.
However, it is foreseen that the strike may be hardly develo...
Medical, Pharmacy and Government Council suggested to form.
The MOHW urged the medical community to withdraw their planned strike on Oct. 6 and suggested to form a cooperative council in participation of the medical, pharmacy and government.
Minister Choi Sun-jung of MOHW m...
