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Doctors protest DRG plan
Doctors Saturday called on the government to scrap its plan to scrap the so-called diagnosis related group (DRG) payment system under which patients will pay for hospital services in a bundle, otherwise known as the f...
Wholesalers’ cooperative to be set up
The newly established Korea Drug Logistics Cooperative (KDLC), a new wholesaler cooperative body, will likely to get an approval from to the Small and Medium Business Administration within this month.
The cooperati...
Ophthalmologists to stop cataract operations for one week
Ophthalmologists decided on June 9 to refuse to perform cataract operations for a week next month to protest a government plan to lower doctor fees under the so-called diagnosis related group (DRG) payment system unde...
Contraceptive Norlevo can be bought from pharmacies
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced Thursday that the morning-after pill will be sold without a prescription at pharmacies nationwide from the latter half of this year at the latest, while birth co...
Government re-categorizes contraceptive pills due to adverse reactions
Morning-after pills will become available without a prescription, while birth control pills will require a visit to the doctor.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) announced Thursday a re-categorization p...
Controversy of OTC emergency contraceptives
The Korean Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists showed displeasure on the conversion of morning-after pills into over-the-counter medicine.
In a statement on Thursday, they protested against the Korea Foo...
Assembly to pass 19 health and medical bills
The 19th National Assembly opened last week with little sign of political wrangling halting or a rolling up of sleeves to address pressing pending issues.
National Assembly Research Services said in a report that ...
E-mart opens road shop in downtown Seoul
E-Mart, the country's biggest retailer, has opened “Boons,” a large beauty & health shop, in the downtown area of Kangnam in Seoul.
The Shinsegae-owned discounter said the expansion would sharpen its edge in the ta...
DRG system fails to satisfy doctors
The government on Tuesday approved passed an enforcement ordinance to implement the mandatory system based on a diagnosis-related group, or DRG, at hospitals and clinics nationwide starting in July.
During a Cabine...
Huntingdon Life Sciences to provide drug development services for Korean pharmaceutical companies
IE Sung International, a local consulting services organization announced recently that it has signed an exclusive agency agreement with Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), an international contract research organization ...
