429 drugs to be substituted under incentive scheme.

The Health Insurance Review Agency reported on April 9 that 429 drugs were currently available at far cheaper prices and substitutive for physician's prescriptions without physician's prior agreement.

The HIRA reported that as of Mar. 31, 2003 the drugs proven of its bio-equivalency were the total 503, of which 429 drugs (of 126 different active ingredients) were substitutive for the prescri...