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Wholesalers to go all-out for passage of three-month payment bill
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) said Monday it will push for the passage of a bill aimed at dealing with the overdue drug payment by medical institutions within three months during the next parl...
Government to brace for uninsured medical fees
The government plans to cope with growing public complaints associated with health care not covered by National Health Insurance – elective medical service, uninsurable patient room and high costs of caregivers, accor...
Government to select innovative pharmaceutical firms
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Monday it will soon begin a screening work to designate additional innovative drug firms this year as its revised criteria were established.
The ministry will offer a total o...
Health insurance should cover Glivec 400 mg, lawmaker says
Rep. Kim Mi-hee of the minor United Progressive Party (UPP) said last Thursday that chronic myeloid leukemia medicine Glivec 400 mg should be covered by national health insurance, citing Glivec 100 mg is already inclu...
7 in 10 backs scrapping of elective medical service
Seven out of 10 Korean patients agree to abolishing the controversial elective service due to their growing financial burden, a survey showed.
According to the survey conducted by the Korea Organization for Patient...
Government mulls state pharmaceutical company
The government is considering the creation of a state-owned pharmaceutical company to provide cheaper orphan drugs to patients, National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) President Kim Jong-dae said at the National ...
Growing interest on group purchasing organization system
With the closing of Jinju Medical Center due to an annual loss of 7 billion won incurred by the troubled medical institution, a group purchasing organization (GPO) system is coming to the fore within the medical indus...
Nearly all pharmacies settle drug spending within 90 days
Korea’s 17,135 pharmacies, or 91 percent of the total, settles their unpaid drug spending within three months, a recent poll showed,
According to a survey of 55 pharmaceutical wholesalers taken by the Ministry of H...
Korean women active in pharmaceutical firms
The number of female employees in pharmaceutical companies has been remarkably rising over the past three years, a poll showed Thursday.
According to the survey of 11 domestic and foreign drug companies conducted b...
Ildong Pharmaceutical forges strategic tie-up with Bayer
Ildong Pharmaceutical, Korea’s leading drug manufacturer, said yesterday that it has established a marketing and distribution partnership with Bayer Korea.
Under the deal, Ildong will be in charge of co-marketing ...
