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NHIC accepts 2.2% increase in pharmacy dispensing charge
The National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) decided to increase next year’s pharmacy dispensing charge by 2.2 percent, following its recent agreement with the Korean Pharmaceutical Association, the Association of...
Kim Young-joong elected chairman of Pharmaceutical Society of KoreaKim Young-joong, a professor at Seoul National University, has been elected as a chairwoman of the Pharmaceutical Society of Korea (PSK), a society’s spokesman said on October 2...
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6-year pharmacy school quota urged to expand
The six-year pharmacy school quota should be expanded to 1,600, an increase of 460 from the fixed number of 1,140 at 20 pharmacy colleges nationwide, according to professor Lee Bum-soo, Kangwon University.
The prof...
Pharmaceutical companies to face shortage of pharmacists
The government should hike the quota for pharmacy colleges as 250 pharmaceutical firms are in need of 5,000 pharmacists, according to a local professor who cite the data released by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufactur...
Shortage of hospital pharmacists getting seriousMany hospitals will suffer from a shortage of pharmacists following an expansion of hospital beds in the metropolitan area. The deficiency is expected to get worse as new licens...
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AIDS patients and activists demand earlier supply of FuzeonKorea’s AIDS patients and activists gathered in Central Seoul on October 7 to urge Roche to supply anti-AIDS medicine Fuzeon without delay.
They staged a 12-hour street rally...
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Production of appetite suppressants containing psychotropic substances increasing
The annual producKorea has seen an increase in its output of anorectic drugs containing psychotropic substances over the last five years.
tion values of these appetite suppressants containing pentermine or phendim...
Leading lawmaker opposes selling OTCs at supermarketsRep. Byung Woon-jeon, a leader in the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly, said the government should not allow supermarket owners to sell OTCs, as this will a...
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New WHO regional director nominated for Western PacificDr. Shin Young-Soo was nominated to be the World Health Organization's next Regional Director for the Western Pacific on September 22 at the 59th session of the WHO Regional Com...
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Concerns growing over new deregulation policy in service sector
The government plan to deregulate the domestic service industry has invited strong protests from pharmacists.
Many pharmacists said the measure is likely to imperil the current license system for professionals, tri...
