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The amendment of the National Health Insurance Tax System went in vain… why?
Pushed ahead for many years, the reorganization of the National Health Insurance Tax System has indefinitely delayed. The amendment of the National Health Insurance Tax System Reorganization Planning Team, which was d...
Antismoking supplements will get supported by 70% at maximumstarting from 25 February
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Hyung-pyo Moon) is planning to support antismoking treatments from the National Health Insurance budget right after the Luna New Year holiday season, 25 February, and push ...
The Ministry of Health and Welfare finalized on investing KRW 453.5 billion on the healthcare R&D in 2015
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Hyung-pyo Moon) held the Health Technology Policy Deliberation Committee (chairwoman: professor Sun-young Kim, Life Science Department, Seoul National University) to finali...
The government pushes forward the management of non-pharmaceutical product for electronic cigarette liquids
As the nationwide interest increases towards antismoking, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Minister Seung Jung)pre-announced an amendment of the ‘Indicated Range of Non-Pharmaceutical Products’to manage ‘liquefie...
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will invest KRW 511.7 billion on R&D
The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MHW) will invest KRW 511.7 billion on R&D (Research and Development) this year.
The MHW held the Health Technology Policy Deliberation Committee (chairwoman:professor Sun-young Kim...
The Ministry of Health and Welfare will expand the number of medical institutions participating in the telemedicine project to 50
In order to remove medical blind spots this year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Hyung-pyo Moon) will expand the number of clinic-level medical institutions participating in the telemedicine project from...
Congressman Dong-ik Choi and congresswoman In-soon Nam will advance on the ‘Generic Substitution Invigoration’ on the New Year
It is noticed through the Economic Minister Meeting on the 22ndof the last month that the Generic Substitution Invigoration will be the main issue of the healthcare industry; congressman Dong-ik Choi and congress woma...
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety started to re-collect difficulties of the Korea-China FTA non-tariff barrier
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety started to re-collect difficulties of the pharmaceutical industry on exporting to China due to the so-called ‘invisible barrier’.
Under the Korea-China FTA (Free Trade Agreement),...
The Ministry of Health and Welfare stated “Oriental doctors would no use CTs and MRIs”
When it comes to the oriental doctors’use of modern medical equipment, the Ministry of Health and Welfare stressed that it will make measures based on the judgment of the Constitutional Court and CT and MRI are not ob...
The Administrative Court stated “It is fair to impose tax on pharmaceutical rebates”
The Court judged that it is appropriate to impose tax on rebates that pharmaceutical companies spent under the excuse as market researches.
Korea Otsuka Pharmaceutical filed a lawsuit against the head of the Yeoksam ...
