DRG system is likely to affect sales revenue of domestic pharmaceutical industry

The Ministry of Health and Welfare is planning to implement a new DRG (diagnosis related group) system, probably from this November and the new plan is applied to patients receiving surgical operations from the following seven diseases: cataract, tonsils, cecum, hemorrhoid, hernia, uterine accessory organs, and casarean section.

The implementation of the scheme has raised a number of concern...