NMC director reaffirms new prescription plan

The new prescription plan to make prescriptions by generic name, instead of the name of specific medicines as they do now, would ultimately give pharmacists the authority to decide which brand to give a patient, said Kang Jae-kyu, Director of the National Medical Center.

He held the press briefing on August 29 in response to local broadcaster MBC's recent coverage of the prescription plan, w...