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Eye clinics most beneficiary after medical reform
After the medical and pharmacy role separation program, the pharmacy made a yearly average revenue at 201,990 thousand won and about 366 pharmacies scored respectively over 1 billion won of annual sales.
According ...
Drug-related administration to be reformed
The MOHW has announced it will soon promote a series of measures to reform drug-related administration affairs including expansion of prescription issuance by generic name, etc. in order to ensure balanced development...
No NHI reimbursable for unauthorized indications.
In line with an NHI financial stabilization measure the MOHW is going to reject the NHI reimbursement for the medication for unauthorized indications, taking effect from coming April.
So far the government restrain...
Management of bioequivalence test to be strengthened
The Korea Food and Administration has announced that if a person intends to obtain a new license on those items which were already approved before 1989, he/she will be subject to the bioequivalence test instead of ful...
KFDA chief commissioner Yang Kyu-whan to leave his post.
Dr. Yang Kyu-whan, the KFDA chief commissioner, presented his letter of resignation to the Ministry of Government Administration and Home affairs on Mar. 11 in excuse of his personal problems.
He intended to retur...
Pharmacy dispensing charge to be reduced by 2.9% from this April
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) says that the overall dispensing charges at pharmacy (e.g., pharmacy management charge, conventional dispensing charge, dispensing charge by prescription, drug gui...
7000 drugs to delist from NHI reimbursement schedule
The drugs of no completing the efficacy equivalent tests until the end of April seem to be ousted from the NHI reimbursement schedule as planned, the MOHW said on March 7.
The MOHW also said that the above plan wo...
KFDA eyes more strengthened pharmaceutical affairs inspection
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will make a nationwide inspection on some popular ethical drugs sold without doctor's prescriptions (e.g., Xenical, Viagra, Norlevo, etc) at the medical ins...
5% reduction of insurance-covered drug price improbable
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says that the reduction of insurance-covered price by a level of 5 percent was not be discussed or determined, although this issue was raised by some previous meetings.
The MOHW ...
Expanded inspection of imported oriental medicines by private organization eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has announced the revised Management Regulation of Imported Drug on March 7th, to this effect that imported oriental medicines, such as deer antler, ox bezoar and agalloch...
