News About: Pharm. Affairs
Pharmacies at night meet few visitors
From June 19, 2,848 pharmacies in major cities across the nation have been designated to sell drugs around the clock and without closing until the end of this month.
However, many pharmacists indicated the chronic ...
Collective price cuts haunt pharmacists
Recently, pharmacists have complaint about the possibility to deal with expired medicine stocks due to the government’s plan to reduce the prices of all insurance covered medicines annually within the next three years...
National health insurance allowances total 16.1 trillion won in first half
The National Health Insurance Corporation says the nation’s health insurance payment in the first half of this year amounted to 16.1 trillion won, up 12.5 percent from a year earlier:
- Payment for clinics amounted t...
Pharmacies get few visitors at night
On July 19, few customers visited 12 pharmacies to buy medicines at night.
In Seoul, a total of 31 stores will open around the clock or until 6 a.m. with 2,174 running all year round and the remaining 593 will rema...
DUR program to be extended nationwide in December
Beginning December, Drug Utilization Review (DUR) program will be implemented in 17 cities and provinces across the nation as part of efforts to promote patient safety by an increased review and awareness of outpatien...
Many people show great expectation over pharmacies to open at night, holidays
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said on July 13 that it will test-run 2,848 pharmacies in major cities across the nation which will sell drugs around the clock and without closing.
A housewife welcomed ...
2,848 pharmacies to open at night
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said that beginning in July 19, people will be more easily able to buy medicine at night or on holidays at designated pharmacies nationwide from July 19.
The association ...
10,681 pharmacy school applicants to take eligibility test
The Korean Association of Pharmacy Education (KAPE) said June 25 that more than 10,000 aspiring candidates had applied to the first Pharmacy Education Eligibility Test (PEET) to be held on August 29 in five major citi...
Government to revise severance pay law from December
Employers in the workplace with four employees or less will be required to offer retirement pay from December, the Ministry of Labor said on June 23.
So far, the retirement pay law has been applicable to companies ...
Pharmacy schools to run 6-year programs
It is rather advisable for pharmacy colleges only to manage the 6-year pharmaceutical programs, according to a local professor.
In a recent forum, Professor Chung Kyu-hyuk of Sungkyunkwan University’s pharmacy coll...
