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Low turnout expected for KPA chairman election
The voter turnout of the Dec. 10 Korean Pharmaceutical Association Chairman election will likely be down at 60-something percent given the increased public apathy to the heated election atmosphere.
Generally, when ...
Hospital pharmacist group’s plan faces mounting criticism
The hospital pharmacist association’s employment plan faced bitter criticism from the Korean Hospital Association.
KHA officials raised doubts over the plan that each hospital should employee a pharmacist per 30 be...
2,200 pharmacolgy students march against government policy
Around 2,200 students from the 19 pharmacology schools rallied on November 25 in Seoul against a government plan to increase the quota of new pharmacology students and allow new department for employees at pharmaceuti...
Korea needs earlier introduction of public health pharmacist system
Korea must implement an earlier introduction of the public health pharmacist system for graduates of pharmacy college, which may replace the obligatory military service for two years, according to three pharmacists wh...
KPA opposes new pharmacy college plan
The government should scrap the plan to allow employees working at pharmaceutical firms to apply for the new department to be established in collages of pharmacy, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association said on November...
Proper placement of pharmacists at hospital is still in debate
Pharmacists working at hospitals nationwide are still struggling to adjust the number of pharmacists per size of hospitals.
Under the current regulation, a hospital is required to recruit a pharmacist based on the ...
Selling OTCs at supermarkets will lead to drug abuse
Suggestions made by the Korea Development Institute (KDI), the country's leading think tank, at a public hearing on services-sector reform on November 12, have drawn criticism from pharmaceutical camp.
"Most of the...
SNU to set up new R&D center
Seoul National University’s pharmacy college unveiled its plan to research and development (R&D) center
Seo Young-geur, the incumbent pharmacy college dean, says that he will describe the plan in more detail durin...
Pharmacists to get flu vaccination
Pharmacists in charge of dispensing antiviral drugs against the H1N1 flu virus are expected to get flu shots, the Korean Pharmaceutical Association said on November 2.
The association also said the vaccination guid...
Pharmacist to get insurance coverage
Pharmacists are expected to get collective insurance coverage from later this year.
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association signed its collective insurance policies with Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance and LG Insuran...
