News About: Goverment
Allusive advertising for prescription drugs to prohibit.
As the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law passed by the National Assembly, the MOHW is now preparing its enforcement decrees and working rules covering detailed types of business collusion between pharmaci...
NHI rimbursement prices for 1,717 drugs slashed.
The MOHW announced the medical insurance payment list showing price reduction for 1,717 drugs supplied by 129 companies effective from Sept. 1, non-reimbursable drugs and other reimbursed prices.
A partial share of...
Big surprise to medical community claiming abolishment of medical reform program.
Recently the medical community claimed abolishing the current medical and pharmacy role separation program through a public advertising on daily news papers, which gave a big shock to not only the government authoriti...
Illegal sales of Zenical at pharmacies, hospitals and doctors' offices are exposed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) disclosed the illegal sales of Zenical, a pharmaceutical drug for obesity, at pharmacies without doctors' prescriptions and at medical facilities by doctors through discre...
KFDA mulls expanding scope of health supplement foods.
At present the health supplement foods are classified under 25 groups, which seems to be expanded by the KFDA.
In the meeting under the title of "the administration policy direction and R&D movement of functional f...
Arguments for and Against the Approval of Post Contraceptive Pill
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) is carefully studying whether to allow the use of post contraceptive pills after the pros and cons of the move were presented by medical, religious, and civic groups.
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Unfair Demand by Public Health Organizations Prevalent
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has found that a separated demand is prevalent to cover the working expenses of the branch offices of public health centers and similar facilities.
The Ministry announced that unf...
KFDA to launch bio-equivalent test from Sept.
The KFDA intends to proceed the bio-equivalent test projection from coming Sept. in order to facilitate a smooth implementation of the substituted dispensing practices at pharmacies.
Initially the KFDA elected 40 p...
MOHW Will Enforce the 'Reference Price System' in September
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) clarified that they would enforce the reference price system in September as scheduled after a careful review of the draft by minimizing the people's burden through the revisi...
Government Reform to Change 'Indirect Wholesale System to Hospital'
The current 'Distribution Centralization System' which requires the distribution of medical supplies to general hospitals through wholesalers is expected to be abrogated through a distribution reform, unless there is...
