News About: Goverment
Fair trade order in insurance drug markets faced serious dilemma
The movement for keeping a fair trade order of insurance drugs having promoted by the KPMA encountered with serious conflicts. The Trade Order Commission of KPMA has placed a strict campaign for inciting drug makers n...
Viagra to be sold on prescription at pharmacies.
The KFDA approved earlier Viagra sale at pharmacy to patients only when presenting the certificate of diagnosis issued by physicians covering no cardiovascular disorders. In addition, the provision restricted its sale...
Medical/pharmacy separation plan to be implemented as scheduled.
While the medical community strongly raises postponement of the medical and pharmacy separation schedule, the MOHW and the civic group reconfirmed its implementation as originally scheduled, July 1, next year.
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KFDA approved 3 orphan drugs.
The KFDA recently approved 3 orphan drugs, Temozolomide (an anticancer drug), Interferon beta-1a (drug for a multiple sclerosis) and Trustjumap ( HER2 :human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 protein, for a breast ca...
Excise tax abolishment on tonics to make effect date earlier.
The government's abolishment plan of excise tax on nutrient and tonic drugs seems to be advanced by one and half months earlier than the original schedule, Jan. 1, 2000 when the National Assembly passes the revised ta...
Working Promotion Headquarter for separation program to be formed.
The implementation plans for the medical and pharmacy separation system have been well settled down along with the advanced legislative declaration of related provisions. The MOHW therefore plans to organize a "Workin...
Actual Purchasing Price Reimbursement system to be launched from Feb. next year.
The actual purchasing price reimbursement system originally planned to implement at the same time with the government overall price cut of insurance drugs from Nov. 1 seems to be postponed until February next year aft...
KFDA designated Viagra as a control drug.
The retail pharmacy should keep a copy of physician's diagnostic certificate covering Viagra medication at the time of selling it for the first time to a patient if the patient asks for return of the diagnostic certif...
Drug prices soon to slaInsurance sh
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The government seems to execute very soon the pending plan of overall insurance drug price slash that has been tackled to the simultaneous increasing plan of the medical reimbursement prices.
Before ann...
MOHW price policy on drugs and medical reimbursement proceeded correlatively.
In the parliamentary inspection of the government administration on Sept. 29 the MOHW clarified that the price policy of drugs and medical reimbursement payment should be proceeded at the same time as a package. The f...
