News About: Goverment
Certificate of drug supply to be attached.
As wholesalers supplied drugs at dumping prices to national and public medical institutes from the early of the year and the supply of imported drugs to them at far lower prices was also confirmed in the government pr...
Drug inventory reserve center to be established.
The MOHW assigned a study to Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHSA) for preparation of a smooth drug supply program, a plan for establishment of the Drug Inventory Center, which is now getting in shape ...
Hangul or English drug names to be described on physician's prescriptions.
From July 1 physicians and dental doctors may issue prescriptions in Korean or English only so that pharmacists could easily read them and possible confusion would be prevented in advance. Upon patients' request, the ...
Unfair drug trade dealt in secrecy
Even after the implementation of the actual purchasing price system a lot of unfair drug trade practices seemed to be widely spreaded in secrecy in the market, which included cash donations and scholarships.
The drug...
Insurance reimbursement prices for Imported drugs slashed by 2-3%
The government did not reflect the recent review of insurance prices of imported drugs to their price readjustment schedule but seems to apply 2 to 3% increases. after considering the fact that wholesalers supplied im...
5,960 won of dispensing fee suggested to be the most reasonable.
In the top executive member's meeting of the Seoul KPhA on Jan. 24 held at the KPhA office it was agreed that the most reasonable dispensing fee came out at 5,960 won with accounting reference to a model pharmacy loca...
Price dumping of imported drugs on critical edge.
In the hearing meeting for the government post administration of insurance drug prices it was unveiled that some wholesalers supplied imported drugs to hospitals at extremely lower prices, by 99% lower than the insura...
Revised working rules of pharmaceutical affairs law drafted and disclosed.
Pharmacists may be penalized with disqualification or revocation of the license when violating the regulation or provisional process specified for a change, modification or substituted dispensing of physician's prescr...
Actual purchasing price reimbursement system on drift.
The government new insurance drug pricing policy seems to be drifted apart from originally targeted plans as the government allowed the primary medical institutes to postpone their report obligation of the drug purcha...
Drug makers and wholesalers accused for drug supply to incorporated pharmacies.
Following execution of 25 incorporated pharmacies, Seoul KPhA is now going to accuse drug makers and wholesalers to the KFDA who supplied drugs to these incorporated pharmacies.
The MOHW earlier made it clear that...
