Political, socio-economic and demographic overview
Mortality profile
The Korean health services
Organisation of the health sector
National health insurance programme
Expenditure and financing
Health sector reform
The pharmaceutical care in Korea
The Korean pharmaceutical market
Market situation
Distribution channels
Regulation
Patenting
Marketing authorisation
Good manufacturing practice
Trade regulation and industrial policy
Trade regulation
Industrial policy
Supply- and demand-side policies for pharmaceuticals
Health insurance coverage of pharmaceuticals
Formularies
Pricing and reimbursement regime
Competition among pharmacies
Hospitals
Prescribing and dispensing
Control of physician prescribing practices
Regulation of pharmacies and pharmaceutical distribution
Generics
Problems with the pricing and reimbursement regime
Current issues in intellectual property rights protection
References