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HIRA to confirm NHI payments by 5 different service groups.
The National Health Insurance Review Council (Review council) announced the revised NHI payment plan on July 11 covering that the NHI payment would be made by 5 different healthcare services such as hospitals, clinics...
KFDA favorably responded to pharmacy circles on safe container issue.
The KFDA may conduct a survey on the problems linked with the safe drug containers that were provisionally required to supply but raised a lot of complaints by the retail pharmacy communities.
A KFDA official said...
Medical service charge system to be streamlined
The government will provide comprehensive medical treatment charge system to reduce personal medical spending, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said on July 11.
As part of the nation's ambitious future health str...
Pharmaceutical drug makers advised to increase cash investment in government projects
Local drug makers, which intend to take part in the government-funded research and development projects, will have to increase their cash investment up to 90 percent.
In a R&D project requiring 1.0 billion won, fo...
NITR chief Choi Soo-young closing his 30 year public career.
Mr. Choi Soo-young, the chief commissioner of the National Institute of Toxicological Research (NITR) and the 1st government official grade, declared abruptly his resignation from his current position that remains 4 m...
Hyundai Pharm to face battle over management rights
Hyundai Pharmaceutical Co. faces an attack from Park Sung-deuk, an individual stock investor and nicknamed super-ant'' here, over its management rights.
Industry sources say that since Park and his friendly force h...
Drugs with modified formulation draw divided reactions
The government and local drug makers remain far apart in their positions over the pricing calculation of formulation-modified drugs over generics.
In a forum organized by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Asso...
Government to develop new drug worth more than one trillion won from 2016
The Ministry of Science and Technology said on July 3 that it plans to develop a new drug every year from 2016, which will earn the nation more than one trillion won annually.
In its new drug R&D initiatives incor...
Pharmacist group no attended to GNP meeting for prescription issues.
Amid a sharp confrontation by the medical group against the pharmacist circles through the advertising campaigns on the daily news media over the prescriptions written in generic drug names, the Korea Pharmaceutical A...
Congress imposing obligation for doctors to answer pharmacist's questions.
The National Assembly passed the revised bill covering an obligation for physicians to answer any questions about the prescriptions raised by pharmacists on July 2 during the extraordinary session. The revised bill wa...
