News About: Goverment
No significant increase of patients to go to pharmacy even after the doctors' strike
Contrary to the expectation that a number of patients, who failed to see doctors because of their collective action on June 20, will turn their steps to pharmacists, there seems no significant increase in the number o...
The ruling party and the government came up with new measures to end the medical deadlock
Acting Prime Minister Lee Han-dong summoned an emergency meeting between the ruling party and the ministries related to medical deadlock at the premier's residence June 23 to come up with new measures to end the docto...
Pharmacists angry about MOHW's measures to hurt the principal of medical reform plan
With a few days ahead of the implementation of government-led medical reform program, the chronic disputes over the plan are being aggravated by the firm positions of the government, doctors and pharmacists.
The me...
Undecided controlled dispensing drugs to be nominated if data supplemented.
There are many undecided control drugs because required efficacy equivalent data were sufficiently furnished in compliance to the pertinent provisions. However, the KFDA announced that the substitutive dispensing drug...
Basic principle of medical/pharmacy separation plan went astray by excluding injectable drugs.
In the press interview with Minister Cha of MOHW at grand conference hall of Kwachon government office building at 10 a.m. on June 18, he reconfirmed the government medical and pharmacy separation program to launch as...
Separation system, to launch first, to adjust later.
The MOHW signaled a "Negative" answer to the medical community on June 15, the duedate set forth by the medical community for the government response to their 10 points of hot issues, obviously implying the government...
Separation cost to be compensated with tax and financial subsidy.
The MOHW reconfirmed the implementation of the medical and pharmacy separation system as scheduled from July 1, and indicated that temporary investment cost of hospitals/clinics and pharmacies for implementation of th...
514 prescription drugs to be stocked at pharmacy.
The KPA suggested 514 staple prescription drugs to stock at retail pharmacies under the forthcoming implementation of the medical and pharmacy separation program. For this purpose, the KPA prepared the list and distr...
Drug efficacy equivalent test mandatory for drug registration.
The KFDA announced to revise a provision pertaining to the evaluation of drug or quasi-drug registration procedures (for manufacture or import), containing the plan that the drug efficacy equivalent test data should b...
Pharmacist's free dispensing act without physician's prescriptions to punish for 15 day qualificatio
The MOHW is going to revise the working rules of the pharmaceutical affairs law and other relevant provisions reflecting penal provisions against illegal dispensing acts. Under the upcoming medical and pharmacy separa...
