In addition to experts recommended by consumer groups, experts recommended by patients and civic groups will also be included in the 8th Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee (DREC) that will be commissioned next month.

Also, detailed guidelines that did not exist before for DREC’s subcommittees were newly established to aid the organization and smooth operation of subcommittees.

The National Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) had recently finalized the ‘partial amendment to the operating regulations for DREC’ that contained the abovementioned changes.

The amendment was made to improve fairness, objectivity, and transparency in the operations of DRE