Legislation of health functional foods

Proposed by the Welfare Committee

Strengthening regulations on veterinary hospitals, distribution pharmacies, and specialized drugs, including e-label bills

A bill to make drug preferential treatment for drugs developed by innovative pharmaceutical companies mandatory by law and a bill to institutionalize customized health functional foods will be presented to the plenary session of the National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee on the 9th.

 

A bill to strengthen regulations on specialized human drugs distributed from pharmacies to animal hospitals and a bill to allow the application of "e-labels" to government-designated specialty drugs were also listed on the agenda.

 

On the 7th, the Health and Welfare Committee confirmed the list of the plenary session on 146 laws under its jurisdiction.

 

Looking at the major bills, a bill to change the name of the Pharmaceutical Industry Promotion and Support Committee to the Pharmaceutical Bio-Industrial Innovation Committee and raise its status to an organization under the Prime Minister will be held at the plenary session.

 

It is a revision to the Special Act on the Promotion and Support of the Pharmaceutical Industry, which was proposed by Rep.

 

Seo Jung-sook of the People's Power.

 

The bill included a provision to revise provisions such as drug preferential treatment for drugs made by innovative pharmaceutical companies into mandatory regulations.

 

A revision to the Health Functional Food Act, which provides a legal basis for the pilot project of "Sales of Personalized Health Functional Food," which is currently temporarily operated as a regulatory sandbox, will also be proposed at a plenary session.

 

The bill, proposed by Kang Ki-yoon, a lawmaker of the People's Power, introduces the concept of customized health-functional foods, establishes customized health-functional food sales, and subscribes to liability insurance to relieve consumer damage.

 

It also included regulations that prohibit the introduction of customized health functional food managers and the sale of non-report customized health functional foods.

 

A bill that mandates pharmacists to report sales details to the General Center for Drug Management when distributing and selling Rx drugs to animal hospitals was also on the agenda.

 

Seo Young-seok of the Democratic Party of Korea proposed a bill to make the Rx drug distribution network used in animal hospitals transparent.

 

A bill to allow Rx e-labeling, which was proposed by Rep.

 

Seo Young-seok and Baek Jong-heon's power, will also be proposed.

 

The content allows electronic information such as barcodes and QR codes, not paper manuals or text messages, to be provided to Rx drug containers and packaging designated by the Minister of Food and Drug Safety.

 

Six amendments to the medical law to be held at the plenary session were decided, including the Democratic Party of Korea lawmaker Han Jung-ae's bill, which provided the basis for considering ESG management indicators in the designation of advanced general hospitals and certification of medical institutions.

 

A revision to the Medical Law to strengthen punishment for drug offenders of medical personnel is also proposed.

 

The bill, proposed by Jang Dong-hyuk, the people's power, calls for medical personnel to cancel their licenses for five years if they are addicted to drugs and reduce the ratio of internal doctors on the license issuance review committee.

 

The eight amendments to the National Health Insurance Act included in the agenda included a bill that would fund the national health insurance finances so that they would be subject to the National Finance Act and subject to parliamentary review.