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Move to establish drug related department at pharmacy college provokes protest
The government's move to allow some universities to establish a new drug related department at pharmacy colleges provoked criticism from the Korean Pharmaceutical Association.
The KPA officials showed strong opposi...
Alarm over false Tamiflu prescription
Pharmacists should take a close look at false prescription over antiviral drugs, according to the Kangnam-ward chapter of the Korean Phamaceutical Association
More recently, a person attempted to take Tamiflu with ...
Education ministry sets up advisory committee over 6-year pharmacy college
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development said it has set up an advisory committee to discuss the health ministry plan to expand pharmacy school quota to 1,566 from the originally fixed number of 1,216...
Kim Dae-kyung elected KPSA president
Kim Dae-kyung, a dean of ChungAng University, was elected as the president of the Korea Pharmacy School Association on August 12.
Kim starts his job on September 1, and will lead the organization for one year.
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Number of medical institutions up 1,673
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRAS) said that Korea has a total of 79,456 medical institutions as of August 1, this year, up 1,673 from 2008.
The HIRAS data show that there are 44 specialized...
Second results of drug utilization review to be evaluated
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs plans to assess the second results of drug utilization review (DUR).
Under the plan, a reliable private organization to be selected by the health ministry will be ...
Pharmacists see caution in drug dispensing
Dong-A Pharm is now supplying its new ulcer drug Pantoline tablets 20 mg and 40mg with a same bottle size and package color, fearing that this may cause any possible drug accident.
Many pharmacists complain that th...
Economic slump hits pharmacy sales
Many pharmacists saw the medicine sales stagnant or declined in the first half of this year as people have become more frugal amid the ongoing economic slump.
“The economic slump and recent drug selling by unlicens...
Medication costs top 2.5 trillion won in first quarter
The national health insurance spent 9.1 trillion won in the first half of this year to cover medication costs for its subscribers, equivalent to some 27.2 percent of its total expenditure. It spent about 8.4 trillion ...
Card fees angers pharmacists in Pusan
Pharmacists accepting credit cards in Pusan urged the Korea Pharmaceutical Association to curb what they are calling unreasonably high plastic card commission fees, KPA’s Pusan chairman Ok Tae-seok said.
“Community...
