News About: Goverment
‘Domestic drug invigoration campaign’ will be conducted even stronger
Campaigns to invigorate domestic drugs developed by domestic pharmaceutical companies are getting more intense.
According to the distribution industry, the pharmaceutical distribution industry across the nation is g...
Prohibition of Double Opening, unconstitutional vs constitutional?
Over ‘Paragraph 8 of Article 33 of the Medical Law(Prohibition of Double Opening or One Office Per One Person)’ containing the contents ‘Medical personnel cannot open or operate more than one medical institution in an...
Blue House interviewed 5 companies last year, “We will take care of pharmaceutical industry”
Difficulties pharmaceutical companies experienced in the process of foreign expansion have been directly taken care of by the Blue House.
According to the industry concerned on the 7th, the Blue House listened to di...
Will rotavirus vaccines be included in NIP?
The government is currently considering to include rotavirus vaccines in the National Immunization Program.
Director Jung-ik Hong at the Vaccination Management Division, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Preventi...
Significantly reduced patient-sharing expenses for extremely rare diseases
Burden on patient-sharing portions will be largely reduced for rare diseases.
On the 25th, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(Minister Jin-yeop Jung) announced patients with extremely rare diseases and unreported r...
Government and industry agree on lecture fees at KRW 500 thousand per lecture
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW), the pharmaceutical industry and the medical device industry, which have discussed to improve the regulation about doctors’ lecture fees, were confirmed by the journalist assoc...
This year’s first approved drugs, thrombocytopenic purpura antidiabetics
Although decided as ‘non-benefit’ due to unclear cost-effectiveness last year, treatments which will stably receive the benefit through reevaluation were revealed for this year.
According to the Drug Registration Div...
MOHW, “We will rationally adjust drug prices considering health insurance budget”
While the first Drug Pricing System Improving Committee was held, the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) announced to prepare for a rational mediation plan for drug prices within a range in which it would not bring ...
“Current drug pricing system is not right… Value of new drugs must be appreciated”
Discussions between the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) and the pharmaceutical industry are completed. While expressing various arguments to the MOHW, the pharmaceutical industry was observed to request it to app...
MOHW, “Lecture and Consulting Fee Guideline is on a finishing phase”
While the prosecution has started to investigate multinational companies on suspicion of rebates under the name of providing lecture and consulting fees, the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) is expected to complet...
