With the shortage of cold medicines remaining unresolved, the government proposed a drug price increase as its final card.

The government decided to first take price adjustment applications for dispensed drugs that contain acetaminophen, which is cheaper than other cold medicines.

The government had been implementing support measures such as monitoring supply and demand and easing GMP inspections among others to increase the supply of cold medicines that have been lacking due to COVID-19. Also, the government will exclude the amount used for COVID-19 patients from the amount counted for the price-volume agreement system.

However, the measures weren’t enough to resolve t