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Government to readjust medical treatment charges
Daily drug dispensing charges have been overestimated over the proper level by about three percent, a recent report showed.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the results of health insurance's rel...
Drug price re-evaluation system to take place from this December
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is pushing to implement the drug price re-evaluation system from this December 1st after holding a two-week public hearings from October 23 and discussing related oppositions with th...
Medical treatment outlays of 50% clinics up 50%
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said on October 28 that all medical treatment outlays of hospitals and clinics in the first half of 2001 and 2002 went up on the basis of the medical treatment outlays in the first h...
Pharmacist's recommendation of OTC drugs legally acceptable.
The MOHW officially interpreted it lawful on Oct. 22 against a civilian's inquiry over the subject of which the pharmacist could recommend any OTC drugs like Ssangwha Tang or a tonic drink for the patients who are pur...
Health ministry to hold public hearings on new drug plan
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced recently it would hold public hearing on the reference price system in the Korea Institute of Health and Social Affairs on this November 1st.
The public hearings will co...
Special inspection on injectable drug manufacturers.
In line with the earlier injectable drug accidents, killing and injuring many people in Gyeongnam province, the KFDA is going to take a special inspection over all injectable drug manufacturers to prevent any possible...
HIRA put utmost efforts for shortening review times.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) tried to shorten the review time for the bills of medical services and medications at pharmacies by means of efficiently relocating manpower and other new ideas.
The HIRA s...
Health minister vowing to firmly establish a separation system
Minister of health and Welfare Kim Sung-ho said that the public, medical and pharmaceutical circles have benefited from the new system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function) and unveiled hi...
4,500 drugs eligible for substitute dispensing
There are 4,500 drugs whose bioequivalence tests can be alternatively verified by physicochemical and comparative dissolution tests and these drugs may contribute to expedite the substitute dispensing, according to th...
Probation period prior to drug price review system.
The drug price review system seems to be implemented in Korea for the first time over the world, which will give serious business damages to the domestic drug industries who worried about a massive price slash and the...
