News About: Goverment
Health insurance covers cost-effective antihypertensive agents
The government plans to permit the national health insurance to cover only cost-effective antihypertensive drugs to reduce snowballing medication costs as an increasing number of elderly patients are taking more expen...
KFDA warns possible side effects on 28 cold medicines containing IPA
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it has recently instructed pharmaceutical firms to attach a stricter warning about the risk of possible side effects when labeling cold remedies containing isopropylantipyri...
Separate production of cephalosporin antibiotics likely to take effect in 2011
The government plan to separate the production of cephalosporin antibiotics from the existing manufacturing area will be implemented, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
In order to thoroughly assu...
KFDA orders warning about abnormal movements linked to drugs containing metoclopramide
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has ordered a "black box" warning for medicines that contain metoclopramide, which is used to treat gastrointestinal disorders.
The boxed warning will highlight the risk of ta...
Government to brace for dispute with civil groups
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs is considering adjusting the drug prices by phase and maintaining the prices of patented medicines.
However, the ministry is accused of getting ‘too lenient’ with ...
Health ministry seeks to modernize National Medical Center
The National Medical Center (NMC), under the umbrella of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, will be reborn as a special medical institution under the recently revised laws.
The institution will be ...
58 pharmaceutical firms utilize drug statistics, HIRA says
A total of 58 pharmaceutical companies requested the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA)’s drug information center to provide distribution related statistics of 577 medicines last year, it was announ...
Health ministry to get tougher on medicines in pregnancy
Doctors or pharmacists will not be allowed to prescribe or dispense any medicines deemed to be unsafe during pregnancy as part of firmly establishing drug utilization review (DUR) system, according to the Ministry of ...
Korea’s medical spending totals 35.3 trillion won last year
Korea’s medical expenditure amounted to 35.36 trillion won last year, up 8.6 percent compared with 32.25 trillion won a year earlier, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
Senior citizens...
KFDA to simplify clinical trial procedures over medical devices
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has unveiled its plan to simplify procedures pertaining to clinical trials of medical devices, such as omission of clinical research organization’s compulsory approval as part of...
