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Mixture types of pharmacy/convenience store opened

BGF Retail Co., one of the Korea’s leading convenience chains, said on October 2 that it has opened two CU stores (formerly Family Mart) in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, some 400 kilometers southeast of Seoul. ...

Park, Moon attend national convention for female pharmacists

Two presidential candidates, Rep. Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party and Rep. Moon Jae-in of the main opposition Democratic United Party, made their courtesy visits to the national female pharmacists convention...

Korea vying to host 2016 FIP Congress

Korea is in the final stages of competing for the right to host the 2016 Congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). The final decision is scheduled for the 2012 FIP Centennial Congress, which ta...

Pharmacy owners skeptical of drug reclassification

The majority of pharmacy owners will not benefit from the recent reclassification of drugs to their pharmacy management, a poll showed on Tuesday. According to the poll on 105 pharmacy owners by Seocho Pharmaceutic...

13 OTC products to be sold at convenience stores

Thirteen over-the-counter drugs will be sold outside pharmacies, including at 24-hour convenience stores, from Nov. 15. The selected items, including Tylenol and Brufen syrup, have been classified as first-aid remedie...

Pharmacists protest against changed labeling procedure

Pharmacists are complaining about the revised labeling regulation on the reclassification of 500 over-the-counter drugs into quasi-drugs. The Korea Food and Drug Administration ordered pharmacy owners to attach a s...

Majority of customers back substitute drug dispensing

About 80 percent of customers who visit pharmacies support the substitute drug dispensing, a survey showed Thursday. The Korean Pharmaceutical Association said its recent survey of 1,357 adults visiting 101 pharmac...

Pharmacy owners losing ground

The government is considering instituting the popular ubiquitous healthcare, while permitting on-line prescription and speedy delivery of medicines, which has triggered concerns from pharmacy owners. Last week, the...

Concerns mounting over large drugstores

As Korea’s major retailers are charging into the drugstore business market, prompting concerns about further damage to small pharmacies that are already struggling to keep afloat. Lotte and other large retailers h...

CaffeBene opens large drugstore in Kangnam

CaffeBene, a local coffee franchise company, said Wednesday it has opened its first large-scale branch ‘December 24’ in the affluent area of Kangnam, southern Seoul. The health and beauty megarmart has a 198-square...

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