News About: Goverment
illegal sales of prescription drugs at perilous level.
An illegal sale of prescription drugs like Viagra and Xenical through the internet channel seems to reach at a perilous level, and some of retail pharmacies are selling these prescription drugs without prescriptions.
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Drug industry harsh backlash against OTC drug pricing check.
The drug industry strongly stood against the government's quarterly price checking movement over 43 top OTC drugs as did with the NHI prescribing drugs after recently converting them to the NHI non-reimbursement schem...
Supermarket Sale of General Medicine Under Special Surveillance
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has ordered a special inspection of general medicine such as beverage and digestive items which are sold at supermarkets.
The KFDA decided to initiate special pharmaceu...
Diminishing charge for drug administration fees enforced to launch from Dec.
Over the government's diminishing drug administration charge system, the government may encounter a serious confrontation against the pharmacist community.
In the NHI review meeting Mr. Lee Young-min, the represent...
Herbal Medicine Majors in 3 Universities in Danger of Being Left Out
Students majoring in Herbal Medicine in Kyunghee, Woosuk and Wonkwang Universities who joined the strike and refused to attend classes, demanding an improvement in the Herbal Masters program, are facing the risk of be...
Conflict Between Govern't and Pharm Industry Due to Enforcement of Diminishing System
The conflict between the government and the pharmaceutical industry is growing because KPANET is strongly opposing the diminishing system of medicine management charge which the Ministry of Health and Welfare will try...
Emergency Contraception Allowed to Be Sold as a Ethical Medicine on November 12
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) has announced that it would allow the sale of the emergency contraception pill classified as a ethical medicine starting November 12.
The KFDA is known to be in discus...
Insured Price of Generic Medicine Set at 80% of Registration
The pricing strategy for medicine by pharmaceutical companies will change inevitably because of practically lower margins after the insured price of new generic medicine with the same component was set at 80% of regis...
Substitutive dispensing to grant for drugs proven of bio-equivalency.
The KFDA intends to ask the MOHW to allow pharmacies for the substitutive dispensing without physician's prior agreement when dispensing drugs proven of its bio-equivalency for the purpose of promoting their bio-equiv...
Frequent Sale of Insured General Medicine to Patients
It was learned that some community pharmacies are selling general medicine intended for insured use to patients without doctor's prescription.
Any pharmacy selling general medicine intended for insured use to pati...
