News About: Goverment
Smallpox and botulism re-designated as Group IV legal epidemics
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently announced that the number of legal epidemics belonging to Group IV, which will be subjected to the immediate establishment of anti-epidemic measures, is increased from 5...
Pharmacists request for prescription checking fees.
The pharmacists association, the KPhA, proposed a compensation payment for their prescription checking to the MOHW, claiming that the fee should be included in their current dispensing fees by recalling the Article 23...
100% of surveyed medical institutions to issue two copies of prescription
The recent nationwide survey of 32 medical institutions conducted by the National Heath Care Industrial Labor Union (NHCILU) from April 23 to May 15 this year disclosed the following:
- Included in the survey were ...
MOHW to call for having more prescriptions of low-priced drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) urged at a recent session for representatives of national/public hospitals throughout the country that the prescription of high-priced drugs be discouraged for better finance ...
Lee Hoi-chang raises need for revision of SDP function
Lee Hoi-chang, presidential nominee of Grand National Party (GNP), said that the revision of SDP function (a system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice) should be carefully considered in the midst of a...
Korea's drug expenditures on rise
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) says Korea's drug expenditures including treatment outlays amounted to some 1.29 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, rising 20 percent from 1.07 trillion won marke...
KFDA, establishment of clinical study division on action.
The KFDA plans to establish a new division affiliated to the Drug Safety Bureau, called "Clinical Study Division" for an efficient control of clinical studies and fostering the new drug development. The KFDA requested...
Presidential nominees showing their different reaction on the current separation system
Analysts said that the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function) has been floating as a hot issue in the political arena, since two presidential nominees think that the SDP func...
Establishment of Health Food Department eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has recently announced that a new health food department will be established within this year, in line with the impending enactment of Special Health Food Law. To this end...
Bio-engineering regulations to separate and consolidate.
The KFDA intends to reshuffle the related provisions of controlling the biological preparations into one package for boosting the bio-engineering industry.
The current pharmaceutical affairs act contains the regist...
