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Medical insurance premium to rise at least by 44%
As a result of the increased medical reimbursement payment it is anticipated that the medical insurance premium payable by the regional insurant seems to rise by 44% in low and 70% in high.
The government and the ...
Enforced operation of Medical and Pharmacy Cooperative Council urgently needed.
It is widely agreed that a success of the medical and pharmacy separation system largely relies on an earlier establishment and full operation of the Regional Medical and Pharmacy Cooperative Council. If the Regional ...
Pharmacist in Daegu city opposed to current government medical and pharmacy separation plan.
380 members of the Pharmaceutical Association in Daegu city gathered together on Sept. 6 and voted for the current government medical and pharmacy separation plan, tolling 89.5% (340 members) rejection to the plan but...
Substitutive dispensing allowed other drugs than common prescribing items under certain conditions.
Pharmacists shall get a prior agreement by phone, computer communication or fax from whom the prescription issued when pharmacists wish to substitute the drug on prescriptions that included in the most commonly prescr...
Common prescription drugs to report by Sept. 19
The MOHW announced the revised administration regulation pertaining to the list of the most commonly prescribing drugs on Sept. 6 and made it clear that it take effect from Sept. 9.
The regulation stipulates that t...
Drug distribution system set up with new paradigm.
The Logistic Center projected by the Pharmaceutical Logistic Association and the Drug Information Center now proceeded by the government and civic business sectors seem to be visualized to operate in 2001.
The gove...
KPMA to report unfair trade acts to FTC
The KPMA recalled drug manufacturers on Sept. 4 for a strict compliance to the provision that restrict an unfair trade act such as bribery and cash donations by drug suppliers to medical institutes as specified in "Th...
KPMA called for establishment of Pharmaceutical Industry Fostering Council.
President Kim Jung-soo of the KPMA met with Minister Shin Kook-whan of the MOIE on Sept. 1 and asked for a government positive political support to the pharmaceutical industry by raising an official proposal for estab...
Presidential committee for medical reform to be established.
President Kim Dae-jung celebrated the 37th anniversary of broadcasting day on Sept. 3 and took a TV interview with 3 chief reporters of TV companies. In the interview he announced that a special presidential committee...
Revised patent examination standard for Genome to draft.
The Patent Office announced the lst report over the human genome project to prepare ways in advance to cope with a substantially increasing potentiality of local patent application for the human genome project and a m...
