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Reference price system unable to enforce within this year.
The Reference Price System seems unlikely to be enforced within this year but very likely transferred to the next government.
The MOHW met with members of the Health and Welfare Commission of the National Assembly ...
Several firms won subsequent injunction trials on suspension of drug prices' reduction
Business sources say that the government's aggressive move to reduce the overall insurance prices will come to a halt due to the subsequent court rulings in favor of several pharmaceutical firms which filed their peti...
MOHW to forge ahead with reference drug pricing system
The Ministry Health and Welfare (MOHW) announced that the reference pricing system (RPS) designed to set a coverage ceiling on drugs with similar efficacy will be applied to 4,514 drugs among 11 therapeutic categories...
Lee Hoe-chang to keep medical reform program intact, only partially supplemented.
Mr. Lee Hoe-chang, the GNP president candidate, said in the meeting with executive members of the KPhA at the GNP office on Aug. 28 that he was deeply paying attention to the medical and pharmacy role separation syste...
Revised law on organ implantation promulgated
The revised law on organ implantation, which was passed from the National Assembly on August 26, was promulgated and will take effect 6 months after promulgation.
The revised law intends to meliorate some problems ...
National Assembly to show negative response to reference pricing system
As Kim Sung-ho, the new health and welfare minister of Health, said in an earlier stage of taking up the post that the ministry had been actively considering adopting the reference pricing system as a way to stabilize...
KFDA positively to entice natural new crude drug development.
The KFDA put an aggressive policy of inducing the industry to develope new natural crude drugs after revising the relevant registration provisions as of Aug. 1, but some critics pointed it out as an administration pol...
MOHW still shows lukewarm attitude on issuance of doctor's prescription
Last month, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) tentatively decided to adopt 'issuance of 1+α prescription' in its prescription format committee where the representatives from the medical circle, civil groups, H...
More convenient medical treatment system eyed
Residents in Cheju island may be treated with their identification cards or driver licenses instead of health insurance certificates from next month, the National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC) said recently.
The NH...
KFDA to activate bio-equivalent tests.
As a result of the strong government determination on the bio-equivalency issue, the top administrator of KFDA and the director of the Drug Safety Bureau confirmed again to activate the bio-equivalent tests
Dr. Le...
