President Lee Nominates Competition-friendly Bureaucrat As New Health Minister
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
SEOUL - South Korea President Lee Myung-bak nominated a new minister of Health and Welfare in a partial cabinet shuffle Aug. 30, and his nominee is viewed as a market-oriented bureaucrat who could introduce foreign-friendly policies for Korea's healthcare market
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