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Chronicles on OTC drug sale permit in non-pharmacies
It was in 1993 that consumers first asked the government to let them buy simple medicines at supermarkets and convenience stores. Eighteen years later, they still had to visit pharmacies even to buy such over-the-coun...
300 drugs to be re-categorized
The Korea Food and Drug Association (KFDA) said Friday it will complete the re-classification of all 39,254 drugs sooner or later, after forming a special task force consisting of experts who are neutral on the issue....
National Assembly passes bill to permit supermarket drug sales
The outgoing National Assembly passed the contentious bill aimed at permitting the sale of certain drugs at 24-hour convenient stores that could make it easier for people to buy medicine without going to pharmacies, a...
Over-the-counter drugs coming to convenient stores in November
Aspirin and other simple medicines are finally coming to convenience stores in November as the National Assembly Wednesday approved the revision bill to allow supermarkets to sell cold medicines, painkillers, pain rel...
Health ministry to select 20 OTC drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday it will set up a committee to select 20 over-the-counter drugs within this month as the National Assembly passed the contentious bill aimed at permitting the sale of ce...
172 drug recall orders issued in 2011
The nation’s antitrust agency issued a total of 826 recall orders last year and among them, drug (including oriental medicines) related recalls violating the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law accounted for 20.8 percent to 17...
FTC to look into drug makers
Korea’s antitrust regulator will embark on looking into some drug makers’ undue business practices such as dealing rejection.
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) said Tuesday that the business regulator will look into ...
Assembly to reconvene plenary session
The National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee, the last stop before a floor vote, adjourned Thursday, but the plenary session will convene early next week as Saenuri Party and the main opposition Democra...
Metropolitan areas cover 51 percent of all medical products
Korea’s metropolitan markets have covered 51.1 percent of all medicines distributed throughout the country, according to the Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association.
The annual sales volume of all drugs in Kore...
Health Ministry vows to resubmit OTC drug sales bill
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday it will resubmit OTC drug sales bill if the Assembly does not pass it before its four-year term ends in May.
“People have asked for measures to buy certain drugs co...
