News About: Goverment
NHI reimbursement for 127 drugs newly approved.
The MOHW announced newly revised ordinance on Nov. 16 that the total 127 drugs were included to the NHI reimbursement scheme effective from Dec. 1, 2005 whereas the total 371 drugs including 136 of reimbursable and 21...
Incentive plan for cheaper drug uses urgently needed at hospitals.
Dr. Lee Gyeong-hee of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) presented in the talk meeting for the NHI drug price review at Rep. Park Jae-wan's office on Nov. 17 that an economic incentive plan for ...
3.5% NHI price raise in 2006.
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) and the NHI Payment and Expense Council (called Council) met together at Palace hotel from 8 p.m of Nov. 15 to 1:28 a.m of Nov. 16 and decided to raise 3.5% up of 2006 ...
Anti-appetite drugs to prescribe no more than 4 weeks.
The KFDA notified to the relevant groups on Nov. 15 that phentermine and other anti-appetite and psychotropic drugs should not be prescribed for more than 4 days for the prevention of its abuse nor combined with anti-...
Prescriptions to show drug's brand name with therapeutic group.
To satisfy the consumer's rights-to-know, all physician's prescription sheets should show description of the brand name of drugs with its therapeutic group.
Rep. Kim Seon-mi of the National Assembly said that the ...
KFDA to regulate containers for solid oral drugs.
The KFDA has announced the ordinance for the regulation of drug safe containers and packages, which controlled the drug containers only for liquid oral drugs (syrups and solutions) so far but will extend the same regu...
Private profitable hospital operation too early in Korea.
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) took a lecture meeting on Nov. 11 at the conference hall by inviting a special speaker, Prof. DAvid Mimmelstein of Harvard Univ. Medical School, who is an expert in the...
KFDA symposium on the drug safety controls.
The KFDA will have a symposium titled "The drug safety control policy" at Jamsil Lotte hotel in celebration of "The day of drug" on Nov. 18, major topics of which include 1) medicinal narcotic drug controls (by Kwak B...
Council to classify Pseudoephedrin as prescription drug category.
Pseudoephedrin has been classified as a prescription drug by the Central Pharmaceutical Review Council, and therefore 13 products containing Pseudoephedrin single ingredient including Samil's Pseudapen tab. were conve...
Emergent care for heart patients not appropriate.
The emergent medical care for the patients suffering from ischemic heart diseases such as an acute myocariac infarction (AMI) revealed inadequate according to the MOHW and HIRA (Health Insuance Review Agency) survey.
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