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KPA, Lotte Confectionary braces for trouble
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association and Lotte Confectionary are in agony as the government plans to prohibit the expression of ‘certification’ or ‘guarantee’ on health foods from this July.
The KPA signed a contra...
Pharmacy dispensing fees should be segmented
The current pharmacy dispensing fee will have to be differentiated depending on number of dispensing drugs and frequency of prescription issued by medial institutions, according to a local pharmacist.
Pharmacist Le...
Pharmacy school quota to expand in 2011
The pharmacy school quota will be expanded to an appropriate level from the originally fixed number of 1,500.
The Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs will submit the revised plan for the pharmacy schoo...
Concerns mounting over new pharmacy college plan
As two of Korea’s most prestigious universities ― Korea University (KU) and Yonsei University ― have revealed plans to open pharmacy schools, there are growing concerns over a fiercer competition in pharmacy colleges ...
Government’s plan to sell drugs at supermarket to be delayed
It will take some time for people to buy digestion pills or cough drops at nearby drugstores or convenience stores as the Ministry of Strategy and Finance plans to delay its plan to allow such medicines to be sold alo...
Customers can buy Bacchus drink at pharmacy only
A popular beverage Bacchus-D will be available at pharmacy only.
Dong-A Pharm reaffirmed its position to distribute Bacchus-D solely at pharmacy in a recent meeting with pharmacists in Seoul.
“We will enhance th...
Civil group calls for wider access to OTC products
A civic group has urged the Korean Pharmaceutical Association that supermarkets sell OTC products whose safety profiles are already established.
The Citizens’ Coalition for Economic Justice said on its statement th...
Pharmacists calls for designation of Drug Day
Pharmacists have urged the government to designate November 18 as Drug Day, making it national holiday.
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association, including other seven organizations, said in a statement that the Drug ...
Public health insurance allowances total 2.31 trillion won in February
The National Health Insurance Corporation said on March 15 that health insurance payments last month amounted to 2.31 trillion won, down 2.9 percent from a previous month.
Outlays at pharmacies in February accounte...
Pharmacists alert over consumer complaints related to substitute dispensing
With mounting complaints over substitute dispensing at pharmacies, the Kangnam Chapter of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association took a cautious tone to encourage pharmacists to give full description about the substitu...
