News About: Goverment
No insurance reimbursement of antibiotic medication for cold patients.
Along with the injectable drugs to exclude from the medical and pharmacy role separation program the MOHW intensified to review injectable drug prescriptions and dispensing bills to control rejectable antibiotic medic...
Narcotics on rapid rising after medical reform program.
The controlled drugs including narcotics have been so rapidly increased since the government's medical reform program launched that a certain government counter measures seemed to require.
The HIRA reported to the ...
Gov't Vows to intensify Crackdown against Imported Medicine·Herbal Medicine
KFDA plans to strengthen regulation against medicine imported, herbal medicine and medical instrument.
KFDA holds training for medicine price watchman and meeting for director of inspection division of regional a...
Pharmaceutical affairs law bill passed through Subcommittee.
The revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law passed through the subcommittee of the Legislation and Judiciary Commission, National Assembly on June 28 and seems to debate in the National Assembly during the spec...
Ongoing crackdown against illegal Ad including Home Shopping
As judging that false advertisement of medicine occur frequently by taking advantage of electronic commerce and telemarketing thanks to development of communication technology and damages of consumers follow, KFDA pla...
Delayed legislation may hurt settlement of medical reform program.
The revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law now holding at the National Assembly seems not to pass through the National Assembly during the current extraordinary session.
If the bill fails to pass this time,...
Genetically recompounded food Indication system will be enacted
Indication system for genetically recompounded food will be enforced beginning July 13.
KFDA announced that they will carry out its indication system showing whether genetically recompounding or not on 27 processe...
Discriminative Payment Price System to launch from July 1.
The MOHW announced to implement the consolidated NHI financial stabilization measure from July 1, according to the newly revised provision titled "NHI Payment and Comparative Price Points System" being confirmed on Ju...
Medical related system changes
Pharmacy's charge in person to outpatient will be increased by 500 won from 1 thousand won to 1.5 thousand won in below 10 thousand won on and after July 1.
Bar-code system will be introduced to improve transparen...
Health and Welfare Committee urged to expand bio-equivalent tests.
The Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly discussed current issues in the KFDA's report meeting on June 22 especially over the bio-equivalent tests, the drug safety measure, the food safety and control...
