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Korean government to proceed with drug reform plan
The Korean government plans to push up with a new drug pricing plan in the ongoing free trade agreement (FTA) talks with the United States, the Ministry of Finance and Economy said recently.
On July 19, the Financ...
Health ministry eyes legislation of drug pricing policy
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) said on July 20 that it will enact a proposed positive system on and about June 24.
The announcement came after Alexander Vershbow, U.S. ambassador to Republic of Korea, ma...
KFDA plans to implement safe drug containers
Taking effects from coming Nov., a safe drug container shall be obligated to all drugs, which seems to give a heavy burden to the drug industry in their lack of its preparedness and understanding.
Most of the drug ...
New product licenses total 670 in first half
Even amid data fabrication of bioequivalence, licenses for new products in the first half of this year totaled 670 items, according to a report released by the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA).
Details of ...
MOHW announced 5,000 drug prices to review this year.
The total 5,300 drug prices will be reviewed by coming Sept. and finally announced in January according to the MOHW's 2006 detailed implementing guidelines announced on July 18.
The drug price review will be made...
Bill to promote unified treatment screening system
The ruling party is seeking to introduce a bill to unify three-insurance coverage health insurance, industrial accident insurance and auto insurance.
Rep. Chang Bok-sim of the party, who belongs to the Health and ...
800 OTCs with combined ingredients to be excluded from health insurance
The government plans to ask the national health insurance to cover only 100 OTCs with mixed components from this September, while 800-odd items, such as antipyretics, analgesics & anti-inflammatory agents, antacids an...
FTA on pharmaceutical issues to resume in New York in Sept.
The pharmaceutical issue on the KORUS FTA talks that went failure during the recent 2nd meeting in Seoul seems to be resumed in the 3rd New York meeting in coming Sept.
The U. S. side insisted to scrap the positive...
US intervention on drug prices is not acceptable, health ministry says
The government will push up ahead with the so-called positive system in September, under which only medicines proven effective but also price-competitive will be covered by the health insurance, according to the Minis...
3,591 substitutive dispensing drugs under incentive plans.
The number of incentive and cheaper drugs for the substituted dispensing counted for 3,591 out of the total 3,952 drugs proven of its bio equivalency tests according to the list reported by the HIRA as of June 30, 200...
