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Minister Kim Won-Gil Reviews Actual Transaction Redemption System
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has adopted a policy to completely reform the Actual Transaction Redemption System and to encourage the prescription of local medicine over original medicine.
To solve the public ...
Drug prices of big variances urged to cut down.
The MOHW ordered drug companies spontaneously to reduce a drug price for the items of which consumer's complains were mounting up because of too big variance of prices in the market between insurance drugs (for hospit...
Former Ministers differ in their opinions on the reasons behind the financial failure.
It was disclosed that former ministers of the Ministry of Health and Welfare who took the initiative for the enforcement of the separation system have different opinions regarding the reasons behind the financial fail...
Mr. Cha, former MOHW admits his failure to forecast the financial crisis
Cha Hung-Bong, former Minister of Health and Welfare, attended as a witness in the hearing conducted by the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly on the government agency. He admitted that he had faile...
No safety and efficacy check over health supplement foods.
Rep. Yoon Jeo-joon, a member of the National Assembly, Health and Welfare Committee pointed out in the parliamentary inspection meeting that any efficacy and safety tests on the health supplement food products had nev...
Actual transaction price system calls for overall reshuffle.
The actual transaction price system applying to the NHI drug deals in the market has raised a lot of problems, and therefore its overall amelioration plan was already presented to the National Assembly.
On other ha...
MOHW has prepared a budget of 8 trillion won for next year.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that it has prepared a budget of 8.0245 trillion won for next year, which is a 22.1 % increase from this year.
According to the announcement by the Ministry of Health an...
Drug containers must have safety caps for children protection.
A safety cap should be used for any drug containers of Acetaminophen and Ibuprofen tablets of 1000mg and over for protection of children in the future, the KFDA intended to officially announce soon.
For protection ...
Diverse Number of Prescription Medicine Decided by Medical Associations in Seoul
As of September 21, 13 out of 25 Ku medical associations in Seoul were said to have finished the selection of items for inclusion in the prescription medicine list.
It was learned that the number of prescription me...
MOHW Launches Price Investigation for Frequently Used General Medicine
In response to the recent surge in price competition among pharmacies, the Ministry of Health and Welfare has begun an investigation of frequently consumed general medicine.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare inst...
