News About: Pharm. Affairs
KPA under siege
The executives of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association — under fire for its decision to agree a plan with the health ministry to allow the sale of non-prescription drugs at places other than pharmacies — is moving to...
70-80% of lawmakers oppose OTC drug sales
A majority of lawmakers have opposed a revision bill to allow certain over-the-counter (OTC) drug sales outside pharmacies, said a lawmaker at a regular meeting of Mapo Pharmacists Association in Seoul, which were hel...
Hospitals rushing to recruit new pharmacists
Leading hospitals are scrambling to hire pharmacists who took the state-run examination on Jan. 17. After examination, these hospitals staff was busying in promoting their payout level and welfare benefits to would-be...
Pharmacists to hold special meeting over restriction-free OTC products
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association plans to hold a special meeting with its local pharmacist association on Jan. 26 to discuss the sales of the so-called over-the-counter drugs at stores operated around-the-clock.
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Lawmakers oppose bill decision on easier access to drugs
Ruling and opposition lawmakers renewed their determination to block a revision bill that would allow supermarkets to sell over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, such as painkillers and cold medicines.
Kim Jin-pyo, floor le...
KPA executives under pressure to resign
The incumbent executives of the Korean Pharmaceutical association (KPA) is facing growing pressure to resign from pharmacists in Seoul after the KPA said on Dec. 22 that its members will agree with the government on s...
Pharmacists call for resignation of KPA president
Pharmacists Monday demanded the resignation of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA)’s president Kim Ku, blaming him for a behind-the-scenes agreement to allow the sale of non-prescription drugs at 24-hour conve...
Detailed plan has yet to be finalized: KPA
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association said Thursday that its members will agree on sales of the so-called over-the-counter drugs at 24-hour convenient stores, re-emphasizing that the detailed plan has not yet to be fu...
FSS to introduce new cut card fee system
The Financial Supervisory Service, the nation’s top regulator, is considering implementing a powerful restructuring program for plastic card companies in order to curb what they are calling unreasonably high plastic c...
Revised pharmacy dispensing fee takes effect from next January
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Wednesday that from next January, the revised pharmacy dispensing fee will be applicable and 72.2 billion won will be additionally saved by simplifying the pharmacy managem...
