News About: Pharm. Affairs
Government urged to settle shortage of hospital pharmacists
The Korean Society of Health System Pharmacists has called for the government to comply with the deficiency of hospital pharmacists through utilization of pharmacy school graduates participating in BK21 projects or al...
Shortage of hospital pharmacists getting serious
Many hospitals are suffering from a shortage of pharmacists nationwide, according to the Korean Society of Health System Pharmacists (KSHSP).
It says the deficiency is expected to get worse, thus endangering the no...
New KPA chairman starts workKim-ku is starting working as new chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association.
The association held an inauguration ceremony on June 24 with prominent government officia...
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Medical institutions top 77,783 in first half
The number of Korea’s medical institutions escalated to 77,783 in the first half this year, compared 76,291 in the same period of last year, according to the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service.
A HIRA off...
Lip care market heats up
Three foreign manufacturers – Nivea, Wyeth and Mentholatum - are going all-out to take a bigger share in the domestic lip care market.
The three rivals are adopting more aggressive marketing strategies and action p...
Hospital pharmacists urge government to select new students
The Korean Society of Health System Pharmacists has rolled its sleeves to revamp the controversial six-year pharmacy college system.
In a recent meeting with officials of the Ministry of Education, Science and Tech...
Kim named head of Korea Pharmaceutical AssociationKim-ku, a former vice chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association, was elected as the new KPA president in the by-election held in July 11.
Kim, 63, garnered 41.5 percen...
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Rotarix vaccine launched in Korea
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) says it has launched Rotarix vaccine in Korea, representing the concrete step for GSK in providing a safe and effective vaccine to prevent rotavirus in this country.
Rotarix is an oral, two-do...
Purchase of nutrition products containing ED-related substances to be prohibited
A Korean health watchdog plans to ban purchase of functional health foods containing substances to treat erectile dysfunction (ED), similar to sildenafil, adalafil and vardenafil in chemical structure as part of effor...
Nutritional products, main revenue source of multilevel marketers
The combined sales of domestic leading 10 multilevel marketers amounted to 1.4 trillion won last year, according to data released by the Fair Trade Commission.
The data found that sales of nutritional supplements (...
