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Selective medical treatment system to take effect from October
More full-fledged, selective medical treatment system will be implemented from October 1, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The system is intended for enhancing the quality of selective treatment and...
Dong-A, Kwangdong Pharma to benefit from OTC sales at supermakets
Shares of Dong-A Pharmaceutical and Kwangdong Pharmaceutical are expected to be boosted by expectations that their flagship products, Bacchus and Ssanwhatang drinks, may be reclassified into quasi-drugs, according to ...
Diabetes drug 'Actos' to be pulled from market because of risk of bladder cancer
Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda’s blockbuster anti-diabetes pill “Actos (pioglitazone)” faces being banned in the Korean market as the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) on Monday ordered doctors to refr...
Government to propose bill over OTC medicines
After President Lee Myung-bak harshly criticized the Ministry of Health and Welfare for continuing to ban the sale of over-the-counter medicine in supermarkets and convenience stores, the ministry said Friday that it ...
Move toward OTC-switching system to provoke protest
The government’s scheme to allow over-the-counter drugs at supermarkets has provoked criticism from pharmacists.
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association said it will hold a protest rally against the government’s re-c...
Doctors to hold protest rally
The government said it will go ahead with its medical reform plan despite fierce opposition from doctors who are concerned that it will undermine public health services.
The Health Ministry decided to clarify the ...
Health ministry seeking to allow 20 drugs for OTC
The Ministry of Health and Welfare is considering allowing approximately 20 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to be sold at supermarkets and convenience stores.
“We will seek advice from the medicine classification ...
Health insurance covers 10.9 trillion in first quarter
The government spent nearly 11 trillion won on health insurance cover.
The medical costs covered by the nation’s obligatory health insurance scheme were 10.9 trillion won in the first quarter of this year, a 8.2 pe...
Health ministry mulls permit of some OTC drugs at supermarkets
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday that it would allow 28 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to be sold at supermarkets.
The move came after President Lee Myung-bak on June 7 criticized the health minis...
Pharmacists are at crossroad, KPA chairman says
With the recent announcement that the government would allow 28 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines to be sold at supermarkets, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association President Kim ku said Thursday that pharmacists are at...
