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Government urged to scrap flawed cash reward system for medical institutions
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) has called on the government to abolish the contentious cash reward system for doctors and pharmacists whose implementation is delayed till next January, citin...
New drug license-patent department to be set up in MFDS
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Tuesday it has newly created a department for drug license-patent affairs as part of its reorganization scheme.
“With the establishment of the new department consist...
Convenience stores struggling with sluggish sales
A total of 13 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs including Tylenol and Pancold-A have been sold at 24-hour convenience stores around the country from November last year. The selected items are classified as first-aid remedi...
Wholesalers pin hopes on 3-month drug payment bill
As the National Assembly is set to begin work this week after nearly a month of idling, there is a growing hope among wholesalers that lawmakers will pass the contentious bill to have hospitals settle overdue drug pay...
Bioequivalence-approved drugs top 6,410 in September
The number of bioequivalence drugs and their reference drugs, which was approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, came to 6,410 in September, up 224 compared to 6,145 in April, a government data showed Wednesd...
Measures on hospitals’ ambiguous accounting to be toughened
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it will put into practice measures to keep state-run medical centers from fabricating their profits by calculating the national subsidies as capital, not depreciation cost.
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Drug regulator to appeal Wales Korea case
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) said Tuesday it will file an appeal immediately with the Higher Court against the Suwon District Court’s ruling in favor of Wales Korea to lift the sales ban of some medicin...
Park’s welfare trim draws mixed reactions
Despite President Park Geun-hye’s previous reiteration on all of her presidential pledges, the government has been recently dropping hints of a significant cutback in some of her key welfare plans, particularly the ba...
Government set to change upper limit for user contribution
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently unveiled its plan to change the regulation on the upper limit for user contribution, differentiating the amount by breaking up seven different levels of income brackets,...
Wholesaler summoned over kickbacks
Prosecutors summoned a leading wholesaler in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province early Monday as part of an investigation into allegations that the wholesaler offered kickbacks to MH Yonsei Medical Center.
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