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New drug policy corners local drug makers
The current positive list system, under which only medicines with proven efficacy and price-competitiveness will be covered by health insurance, is dealing a blow to the domestic pharmaceutical industry, a lawmaker sa...
Health watchdog to announce approval of new drugs and clinical tests every week
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to make public all information related to new drugs and clinical trials approved on a every week basis, said a KFDA official on October 17.
So far, the KFDA has regularl...
New prescription plan on track, lawmaker says
The government's new prescription measure, which has been carried out by the National Medical Center on a one-year trial basis from September 17, is still successful, according to a lawmaker.
Citing the data provid...
2008 pharmacy service negotiation hits snag
Next year's pharmacy service charge negotiation is expected to be delayed due to a feud between the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), according to industrial ...
Government urged to discourage excessive medical shopping
A lawmaker calls for proper management of the national health insurance to reduce snowballing medical costs as an increasing number of patients are received excessive medical treatments.
Citing the data submitted ...
Efficient investment required for regional bio-cluster plan
The government unveiled a series of ambitious measures to turn the country into an international biotechnology powerhouse over the past few years but more efficient spending for regional bio-cluster plan is needed, a...
Health Ministry to revise drug bar code in 2009
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to enact a bill to legislate the government's standardized drug bar-code system measure, under which the international standard EAN/UCC-128 code is to be used from next year.
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NHIC seeks to narrow gap in second round of talks
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) aims to narrow differences and start bargaining in earnest with the Korea Pharmaceutical Association during a second round of negotiation over the NHI payment for the h...
KFDA sets up new five teams
The Korea Food and Drug Administration conducted its reshuffle on September 20 to additionally establish five teams as a move to ensure more efficient and safe food and drug management.
The newly established teams ...
Doctors still overprescribe medicine
Korean doctors continue to overprescribe drugs to patients over frequently-treated five diseases, said an official from the health ministry on October 30.
In a recent survey of 17,621 hospitals and clinics nationwi...
