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More pharmacists to get military service exemption
More pharmacists in their 20s will likely enjoy exemption from compulsory military service under the government's policy to offer benefits to a public pharmacist.
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said We...
Drugstores threaten pharmacies
Pharmacy owners are worried about Lotte Group’s planned advance into drugstores or health and beauty store chains that sell health and beauty products and snacks. They say the food giant could further threaten sales a...
Individually-owned pharmacies struggling to survive
With soaring rents in major marketplaces, only affordable by large companies, small pharmacies are pushed out to side streets,
Many pharmacy owners have vigorously managed to stay at the heart of major streets ami...
Ahn says will be a mediator to end clash over prescription rights
Former presidential candidate Ahn Cheol-soo returned from the U.S. to prepare for the April 24 by-election said last Friday he will step in to resolve a deepening feud between pharmacists and doctors over drug prescri...
Skepticism mounting over new KPA executives
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) is expected to negotiate with the National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) in May over next year’s pharmacy insurance fee.
However, some KPA critics are skeptical abo...
Korea‘s health insurance outlays for pharmacies down 2.5% in 2012
Korea's health insurance outlays for pharmacies plunged 2.5 percent on-year to 11.79 trillion won in 2012, due to the government’s forced price cut for drugs last April, a state-run agency report said recently.
The...
Stieva-A ointment enjoying high popularity
GlaxoSmithKline has sold Stieva-A (tretinoin) ointment, also known vitamin A, since 2002 and the drug has gained strong popularity among women
Last year, a local TV program aired better efficacy of tretinoin than ...
Pharmacies out as conglomerates eye drugs business
The drug and cosmetics store landscape is expected to undergo major changes as some pharmacies are pulling out of the market and others eye the market.
A pharmacist in northern Seoul has to shutter its pharmacy, 48...
Pharmacists clash over selling for OTC medicines
The long-standing conflict between pharmacists of Oriental and Western medicine is resurfacing over who should have the right to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.
A district prosecutors’ office in Bucheon rece...
Deputy prime minister-nominee triggers concerns over service industry promotionWill Hyun Oh-seok, the nominee for the deputy prime minister in charge of economic affairs, push service industry promotion plan?
All eyes in the pharmaceutical camp are now ...
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