News About: Pharm. Affairs
Only 1% of people visit pharmacy at nighttime
Less than 1 percent of people visit drug stores during midnight, according to a recent survey of 7,248 citizens in Incheon, conducted by Incheon Pharmacists Association between June 20 and July 9.
More than 60 perc...
Pharmacists stage rally over OTC medicines
The government's move to allow supermarkets and convenient stores to sell 44 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs has provoked criticism from pharmacists.
Pharmacists rallied on Friday at the conference hall of the Korea I...
Pharmacists go to court over public hearing
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association filed an injunction with a court, Wednesday, to prohibit the ongoing public hearing over the government’s plan to allow the sale of some of over-the-counter drugs in stores other ...
Korean Pharmaceutical Association to conduct survey
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association announced Tuesday that it will survey about 2 million people who make their visits to pharmacies nationwide to know their reactions over supermarket’s sales of over-the-counter (O...
Drugstores seeking to beef up drug guidance
More and more pharmacies are trying to strengthen their drug guidance in order to help consumers have correct information on prescribed drugs.
A pharmacy at Yongsan, Seoul, has issued a receipt describing reimburse...
Pharmacists to publicize misuse or overuse of medicines
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said it plans to distribute posters to pharmacies nationwide to warn consumers that supermarket sales of medicines could lead to drug misuse and abuse.
The poster indicat...
Controvery is raging over OTC products
The Health and Welfare Ministry said Friday that it would push for revision of the Pharmaceutial Affairs Law to include 48 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines in what would be termed “freely sellable OTC products.”
Th...
Pharmacists call for new prescription plan
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) run an advertisement in local major newspapers, Friday, demanding a new prescription plan, under which doctors will be required to prescribe the actual chemical agent instea...
Pharmacists go to court over “drug dispensing fee cuts”
A coalition of 24 regional pharmacist associations filed an injunction with the Seoul Administrative Court, Wednesday, to nullify the government’s plan to lower the drug dispensing/management fee.
The legal action ...
Campaign to promote proper use of medicines stirs controversy
The Patient Group Association and the Korean Pharmaceutical Research based Industry Association has recently launched a campaign to enhance consumers’ compliance on medicine as part of efforts to prevent possible adve...
