News About: Goverment
DPRS to reaffirm the implementation of incentive system in favor of low-priced drugs
The Drug Price Review Subcommittee under the Heath Insurance Policy Deliberation Council has recently reaffirmed the government plan to promote the use of low-priced drugs via an incentive system of granting to the me...
KDRA calls for various supportive measures for the timely development of new drugs
In the midst of the growing criticism from the domestic pharmaceutical industry over the government policy to discourage the prescription of high-priced drugs through incentive system, the Korea Drug Research Associat...
Any hampering acts against medical reform program to block.
By a trial and error the medical and pharmacy role separation program has been fairly set up on the tract during the past 2 years, but still the business collusion between medical institutions and pharmacies and expen...
Pharmaceutical firms offering low drug prices favored
In parallel with the new incentive system on the use of the low-priced drugs to be implemented from this June, a number of large hospitals, which have suffered their management aggravation after implementation of a ne...
Medical reform program to scrutinize for improvement.
In the 2nd year anniversary after the launch of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, the MOHW plans to check the current status of the program in the field and others from April 22 to May 1 jointly with t...
Warning for substitute dispensing of non-bioequivalence drugs
In response to a question raised by a civil petitioner, the Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) said that the substitute dispensing should be in principle made available among the drugs having identical bioequivalen...
Improvement of actually transacted price system eyed
In the 9th meeting of Health Insurance Policy Deliberation Council on April 12, the Ministry of Health and Welfare discussed the plan to improve the actually transacted price system, to this effect that if any medical...
Reduction of receivable rate of credit card companies on pharmacies eyed
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) plans to push forward with their plan of lowering the receivable rate of credit card companies on the medical institutions including pharmacies to activate the use of credit c...
KFDA to conduct a sanitary campaign
With the 2002 World Cup Soccer Final near at hand, the Korean Food and Drug Adminstration is going to conduct a campaign against insanity of restaurants. This campaign will be held from April 17 to 19 in Pusan, Inchon...
Special Commission for Pharmaceutical System Development on quick action.
The Special Commission for the Pharmaceutical System Development and the Health Industry Development (Chief Commissioner: Prof. Kim Chang-jong of Central University College of Pharmacy) was organized at the early of t...
