Presidential candidate Jae-Myung Lee of the Democratic Party of Korea is positively reviewing reinforcing incentives for new drugs that were developed by Korean pharmaceutical companies or conducted trials in Korea, establishing a megafund for the pharmaceutical industry, and introducing a pre-approval system for prescriptions of ultra-high priced drugs as pledges for the coming presidential election this year.

Also, the candidate is preparing to set official pledges on establishing a public electronic prescription system, institutionalize government support for public late-night pharmacies and complete eradication of hospitals owned by non-medical personnel.

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