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Physicians responsible for medication reimbursement rejectio
A study paper reported by Dr. Cho Jae-kook of the Health and Social Affairs Research Institute described that the medical insurance reimbursement rejection for physician's prescription filling at pharmacies should be ...
Prescription fees to put in consultation charges.
Effective from July 1 the prescription fees for outpatients issued by medical institutes will be abolished and, instead, put into the physician's consultation fees.
After the implementation of the new medical refor...
All collusive business links reflective to provisions.
Minister Choi Sun-jung of the MOHW said in the parliamentary interpellation that any collusive business links between medical institutes and pharmacies deteriorated the principle of the government medical reform plans...
National Assembly to interpellate medical issues.
The National Assembly had an interpellation over the current medical issues on Feb. 15 in the 218th extraordinary session under the presence of Prime Minister Lee Han-dong and Miniser Choi of the MOHW including other ...
Average 15% price cutdown for 1,300 drugs
The MOHW has finished the hearing to confirm their earlier price check, and therefore may determine the pertinent drug price cutdown for 1,300 items at earliest in February by 15% on average. The price reduction, howe...
Illegal pharmacy and medical practices closely to watch.
The public prosecutors may take a large scale of investigation against illegal practices in medical institutes and pharmacies including their business collusive links especially among their relatives, now, for more th...
Government price reduction of insurance drugs to apply discriminately.
In the past the government used to reduce insurance drug prices of all other similar class of drugs jointly when any one of the same classed products was detected of its unfair price dumping in the market.
However...
KFDA to appeal against court's decision on Ferrithin issue.
In connection with the recent court decision on the Ferrithin issue, an anti-anemic agent, produced with a horse spleen extract, the KFDA clarified that a strong counter measure including the appeal to the high court ...
Disposal measure of Ferrithin preparations judged unfair.
The KFDA's licence cancellation and recall measures against Ferrithin preparations has been judged wrong recently by the court.
The Seoul District Administrative Court, the IVth Division (Judge: Mr. Cho Byung-hyun)...
KFDA in need of more professional manpower.
The KFDA has faced an absolute need for more professional manpower and a safety administrative organization, thus requiring for an institutional support at the government level in order to accomplish sufficient jobs a...
