News About: Pharm. Affairs
Pharmacy market likely to be shaken up newcomers
The drug and cosmetics store landscape is expected to undergo major changes as a large distribution chain eyes the market.
Lotte, one of the most dominant brands in the local distribution chain, plan to open its fi...
Number of newly opened pharmacies tumbles in 2012
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) reported Monday that 1,853 pharmacies shut down in 2012, while the number of newly opened pharmacies was 1,732.
The report showed that 121 pharmacies suspen...
KPA proposes 16 drug policies to Park’s transition team
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said Tuesday that it proposed 16 drug-related policies to the presidential transition team of Park Geun-hye.
The KPA’s recommendations include boosting of substitute drug...
KPA apologizes for some pharmacies’ rejection over powder dispensing of drugs
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) on Wednesday apologized for the fact some of its member pharmacies neighboring at large hospitals were accused of rejecting powder dispensing of prescribed drugs.
“We sin...
KPA welcomes Park’s win
Jo Chan-hwi, a newly elected president of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), welcomed Saenuri Party Park Geun-hye’s election to president, demanding the incoming government help promote the intrinsic functio...
Jo Chan-hee wins KPA presidency
Pharmacist Jo Chan-hee earned the landslide victory in the election of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) Thursday, according to the KPA Election Commission.
Jo won a total of 10,112 votes or 60.5 percent ...
Pharmacists, government to promote drug substitute dispensing plan
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association said Tuesday it will unveil a series of measures to activate the drug substitute dispensing in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Corporation, which was mutually agr...
More applicants vying to be pharmacists
The number of applicants to become pharmacists has surpassed the set quota as students want to get better stable jobs.
Yakup.com, a pharmaceutical information provider, said Monday that a total of 9,003 high-school...
Lee to head hospital pharmacists groupLee Kwang-sup, drug dispensing manager of Konkuk University Medical Center, was elected the 22th chairman of the Korean Hospital Pharmacist Association, last Friday at President...
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Negotiation with KMA to be delayed to mid-December
The health ministry’s committee on medical reform Thursday decided to finalize the 2013 medical service fee on doctor in the middle of December as the Korean Medical Association defied any negotiation over the issue.
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