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Morpheus M prospers as community’s health center
Morpheus M, a pharmacy chain operator, continues to attract more member pharmacies due to changing environments around pharmacies.
Its business objective is to let pharmacists offer a “total healthcare” for silver ...
Number of animal pharmacies tops 1,929
The number of animal pharmacies nationwide stood at 1,929 as of the end of September, according to a foundation committee president designed to create the Korean Animal Pharmacy Association.
Citing the data based o...
Pharmacists demand sale of pregnancy diagnostic regents at pharmacies
Pharmacists are demanding people be allowed to get all in-vitro diagnostic products including pregnancy diagnostic regents directly at hospitals, not through convenience stores, claiming it will help ensure the safety...
Clinics and small pharmacies in financial shambles
Polarization is taking place among local healthcare facilities with small-size neighborhood clinics and pharmacies in financial shambles as patients ignore them and visit larger general hospitals and pharmacies.
Th...
Pharmacists mull creation of new animal pharmacy association
Pharmacists are actively moving to establish a new association for animal drugs.
In a regular meeting on Sunday, several pharmacists including Kim Sung-jin and Lim Jin-hyung discussed the establishment of new body ...
Korea‘s health insurance outlays up 3.5% in first half
Korea's health insurance payments for examination and treatment rose 3.5 percent on-year in the first half of this year, showing the decreasing trend compared to 4.9 percent in 2011 and 11.9 percent in 2009, data show...
Government urged to promote genetic substitution
Korea needs to push up with a new prescription plan, under which doctors will be required to prescribe the active ingredient instead of the name of a specific drug product as they do now, according to the incumbent Ko...
Small pharmacies losing out to giants
The number of drugstores operated by large retail groups is rapidly increasing, threatening small- and medium-sized pharmacies, according to Yakup.com, a pharmaceutical information provider.
Despite Korea’s short, ...
135 customers visit nighttime drugstore daily in Bucheon City
An average of 135 people made their visits to a nighttime pharmacy in Bucheon City over the past four months, according to Bucheon Pharmacists Association.
To tackle the restricted access at nighttime and during ho...
Nongshim Pandora opens seventh store in Busan
Nongshim Pandora, Korea’s biggest drugstore chain operator, said Tuesday that it has opened its seventh store in Seomeon, Busan, as part of efforts to expand its presence in the domestic market.
Nongshim’s seventh...
