A provision that stipulates the prohibition of doctors from receiving rebates offered by contract sales organizations (CSOs) and a plan to amend the Medical Service Act to advance regulations on medical advertisements and allow the Ministry of Health and Welfare to intervene in the Medical Advertisement Deliberation Committee passed the plenary meeting of National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee.

Also, a proposal to amend the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, which includes a clause prohibiting illegal hospital subsidies in exchange for prescriptions between hospitals and pharmacies that are preparing to open, and a clause that allows pharmacists to refuse to dispense poor or counterfeit narcotics p