News About: Pharm. Affairs
Two pharmaceutical associations to cooperate
Cooperation between the pharmaceutical associations of Korea and France is picking up, with efforts being made to step up exchanges in the areas of pharmacy related affairs – generic dispensing, prescription-refill sy...
Untaken medicine up 23 percent in first half
The total amount of leftover medicine collected for disposal from households across the country rose 23 percent to 168 tons in the first half of this year from 137 tons the previous year.
The Korean Pharmaceutical ...
Pharmacists clash over sales of OTC medicines
With the recent opinion from the Ministry of Health and Welfare that the selling of over-the-counter drugs by an oriental pharmacist does not violate the current pharmaceutical affairs law, a group of pharmacists has ...
Health insurance covers 91 percent of prescription drugs in 2012
Korea’s national health insurance covered 90.4 percent of prescription drugs last year, while the portion of over-the-counter (OTC) drugs stood at merely 9.6 percent, data showed Monday.
According to the data by th...
Pharmacists lashes out at optional insurance
The National Association for Pharmacists (NAP) has criticized the Korean Medical Association (KMA) for claiming the optional insurance, which is deemed absurd and irrational.
“Doctors are backpedaling by voicing th...
Pharmacists unveil new cooperative
The Aropa Pharmacist Cooperative held an inaugural meeting at the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) building in Seoul, Sunday, to promote pharmacist’s rights and status.
The cooperative elected Yoo Chang-shik...
Pharmacists seek to open first cooperative
Pharmacy owners have joined forces to open their first cooperative called ‘Aropa’ to strengthen the community pharmacy’s competitiveness amid the business slump.
A pharmacist group Yakjoonmo said Thursday that an i...
Pharmacy training period set at 8 weeks
Students at the nation’s 35 pharmacology colleges will be obliged to complete the 8-week training course at pharmacy stores.
Representatives from the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the Korean Associati...
Pharmacists clash over license for OTC products
The conflict between pharmacists of Oriental and Western medicine is surfacing over who should have the right to sell over-the-counter (OTC) products, considered a lucrative business.
The Ministry of Health and Wel...
KPA lashes out at doctors’ unabashed claims
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), the nation’s business lobby for pharmacists, has criticized the Korean Medical Association (KMA) for claiming the revision of the current system of separating drug dispensi...
