News About: Goverment
Patient-doctor telemedicine approving bill turned in to National Assembly
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) turned in the Amendment to the Medical Law which allow extensive implementation of the patient-doctor telemedicine to the National Assembly on the 22nd.
The Amendment is the s...
MOHW’s first operational report to clarify telemedicine and regulatory reform
Minister Jin-yup Jung of Health and Welfare expressed strong wills towards the regulatory reform in the healthcare field.
Minister Jung announced the best effort on the regulatory reform of the healthcare industry at...
Opinion differences between medical field and government over immunotherapies
When it comes to the health insurance benefit of immunotherapy, which is known as the last hope for cancer patients, the government and the medical industry were not able to narrow down differences in opinions.
On th...
Pharmaceutical field, “Please accept Fair Racing Enforcement as exception of Kim Young-Ran Act”
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association(KPMA) was known to submit opinions to relevant ministries to accept the Fair Racing Enforcement as an exceptive clause through including it in the Kim Young-Ran Act’s...
Government’s attachment to ‘biopharmaceutical’ discouraging pharmaceutical field
As the government tightening the fostering policy for new growth engines, the pharmaceutical industry raise a voice that the industry cannot be dualistically categorized into pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical.
T...
Government confirmed to push forwards bills for telemedicine dispensers as noticed
The government finalized plans to turn in a legislation bill to allow to sell OTC drugs through video telemedicine dispensers to the National Assembly. The due is by October, as well as the legislation bill to adopt d...
Every former pharmacists assigned to Health and Welfare Committee
Members of the 20th Assembly Health and Welfare Committee of Minjoo Party of Korea for the first half year were confirmed. The fact that experienced assemblypersons were assigned to the committee has attracted attenti...
‘Telemedicine’ passed Cabinet meeting, concerning approval of ETC drug parcel
Since the Amendment to the Medical Law which approves the doctor-patient telemedicine passed the Cabinet meeting, concerns about the prescription drug parcel service have been raised again.
The Ministry of Health and...
KPDS, “The MFDS’s measure on olmesartan is inadequate”
The prescription policy for olmesartan, a hypertensive treatment, has been re-discussed.
On the 2nd, the Korean Pharmacists for Democratic Society(hereinafter referring to KPDS) emphasized necessity to tighten the p...
MOHW, “We have never reviewed Amendment to Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to enlarge emergency household drugs”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) announced it has never reviewed the Amendment to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to enlarge emergency household drugs.
On the 30th, the MOHW answered, “We haven’t reviewed it,...
