Reason why generic substitution is not active is because of ‘eye of doctors’

Although it is possible substitute prescribed drugs to generics at pharmacy, generic substitute is still uncommon. People chose ‘eye of doctors’ as a reason for this.

The ‘Drug Qualification Determination and Repay Policy of Korea’ revealed by the National Health Insurance Service(NHIS) last June criticized the ratio of generic substitution was only 0.12%(in the year of 2015) even with incenti...