News About: Pharm. Affairs
Labeling change cause stirs at pharmacy
With the recently revised drug labeling regulation, pharmacies are unable to sell Panpyrin Q and Pancold S as a single bottle.
This cause much inconvenience on the part of pharmacy owners and customers.
The gove...
Controversy mounting over pharmaceutical assistant
The recent poster backing the role of a pharmaceutical assistant has triggered heated controversy in the pharmaceutical circle.
The dispensing department at Gyeongsang National University Hospital published a paper...
Antipyretics, analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents most favored by pharmacy visitors at nighttime
Antipyretics, analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents are drugs in Jeju Island favored by customers and sightseeing visitors who make their visit to pharmacies at 10 to 12 o’clock in the evening, a local pharmacists a...
Pharmacies to be opened inside sub-way station area
From the latter half of the year, pharmacies will be allowed to be established in the premises of sub-way station, and customers will be able to buy health functional products, such as red ginseng and royal jelly, at ...
Pharmacy’s monthly average dispensing fee tops 11.5 million won in first quarter
Each pharmacy earned a monthly 11.57 million won on average as their drug dispensing fee in the first quarter of this year, when the tally excluded from drug costs, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service s...
Opportunity is limited in current quota of hospital pharmacists
The current quota of hospital pharmacists does not allow them to play their basic role, according to Yoon Hae-sul, vice chairman of the Hospital Pharmacists Association.
In a local symposium held on Saturday, Yoon ...
Local pharmaceutical association raises necessity of pharmacy assistant
A plan to introduce a pharmacy assistant system is resurfacing as the Chungbuk Pharmacist Association suggested last week that the Korean Pharmaceutical Association consider adopting the program.
The suggestion cam...
E-mart opens road shop in downtown Seoul
E-Mart, the country's biggest retailer, has opened “Boons,” a large beauty & health shop, in the downtown area of Kangnam in Seoul.
The Shinsegae-owned discounter said the expansion would sharpen its edge in the ta...
Pharmacists demand sale of morning-after pills at pharmacies
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) is demanding people be allowed to get morning-after pills directly at pharmacies, not through hospitals, claiming it will help prevent unplanned pregnancies and reduce abort...
Drug stores urged to offer customer-oriented service
A Japanese pharmacist said that pharmacy owners in Korea and Japan must actively establish good relationships with customers in the community with superior customer service, and innovative business strategies.
In a...
