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Pharmacists oppose government deregulation plan on service industry
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association and the government will clash over a deregulation plan in the broadcasting, telecom and service industries.
The government plans to overhaul the business licensing system - any...
Unlicensed people to open specialized businesses
Unlicensed people will be able to open specialized businesses, such as hospitals or pharmacies, as long as they hire a person with the appropriate license to operate it.
The government announced on September 18 a s...
KFDA to unveil release of influenza vaccines
The Korea Food and Drug Administration will make public the list of flu vaccines to be released at the end of next month, as part of efforts to enhance the people’s right to know.
The KFDA said the list will be mad...
Public hearing on dyslipidemia guideline
The Korean Society of Lipidology and Arteriosclerosis said it has hosted a public hearing to discuss more updated version of clinical practice guideline for the management of dyslipidemia in Korean patients.
Dyslip...
W30 bil. `lip care' market steams up
As the weather gets chilly, domestic 30 billion won lip care market is set to heat up all the times.
Following the country's leading lip products – Nivea and Chapstic, Mantholatum Korea is also rushing into the gam...
KPIC opens drug related Web siteThe Korea Pharmaceutical Information Center says it has opened a Web site (health.kr) to provide its full screening services for 40,000 medicines which are on the market.
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Shortage of pharmacists to get serious
A number of pharmaceutical firms and hospitals will suffer from a shortage of pharmacists as the nation’s pharmacy colleges are unable to pick up new students in 2009 and 2010, under the planned six-year pharmacy coll...
More experienced pharmacists seeking high salary
Small- and medium-sized pharmaceutical firms are suffering from shortage of well-trained pharmacists in the development department as the vast majority with at least three experiences in job have apply for higher sala...
Doctors call for reclassification of OTC cold remedies containing psedoephedrine into ethicals
The Korean Medical Association claims that it is desirable to reclassify OTC decongestants containing pseudoephedrine into prescription drugs, citing a recent incident that a pharmacist and his daughter were arrested ...
Voluntarily license-cancelled items trouble pharmacists
With the ever-increasing number of drugs whose licenses are voluntarily cancelled, Pharmacists have found it difficult to deal with stocks of these drugs,
A total of 3,776 items are voluntarily cancelled as of the ...
