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Pharmacists should be recognized in medical practice
A pharmacist should be recognized as one of medical providers in Korea as his/her role goes beyond the traditional dispensing function into areas of patient consultation, drug product selection and patient profiles, a...
Deregulation in health food sector gives big boost to consumers
Competition among health food suppliers brings benefits to consumers since it pushes down prices and improves service quality, according to a local professor.
In a recent forum, Professor Shim young of Yonsei Unive...
Korea to face hospital pharmacists
Pharmacists working at hospitals nationwide are projected to be lower due to a labor shortage caused by the controversial six-year pharmacy college system.
Recently, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technolog...
90% of pharmacies install DUR soft ware
90 percent of pharmacies have completed installing the drug utilization review (DUR) software, such as Pharm Manager 2000 or 앳팜, to cope with the government's compulsory DUR program.
Under the plan, all medical ins...
Pharmacy school cannot select new applicants in 2009 and 2010
Recently, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology made it clear that the six-year education system of pharmacy school will take place in 2011 as originally planned, rejecting pharmacy colleges' request to re...
Pharmacy colleges to adopt admission tests
Universities have established their basic plan for admission tests for pharmacy college hopefuls before the nation introduces the new six-year pharmacy school system in 2009
Pharmacy colleges will evaluate the scho...
Pharmacists want general reform of drug administration
Representatives from the Korea Pharmaceutical Association called on newly appointed Commissioner Yoon yeo-pyo of the Korea Food and Drug Administration on March 17 and suggested that the health watchdog undertake gene...
Government urged to carry out six-year pharmacy college education system
The Committee for Korea Pharmacy College is calling on the government to introduce Pharmacy Education Eligibility Test from next year to meet growing demand for pharmaceutical services under the proposed six-year phar...
Lotte confectionary airs pharmacy-selling functional gum ads
You can fiYou can find functional chewing gums at pharmacy, when you are drowsing, which was first aired at radio on February 27 to advertise the functional gum at pharmacy.nd functional chewing gums at pharmacy, when...
Digestive tablets will not sold at supermarket, KPA chairman says
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) says the government will not allow digestive tablets and other OTC products to be marketed at supermarkets, according to the KPA chairman Won Hee-mok.
He said the Ministr...
