News About: Pharm. Affairs
49% of pharmacists have feeling of relief on stable job
Five in 10 pharmacists at hospital think they are quite happy with a pharmacy college diploma, according to a report.
The Korean Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists, marking the 25th anniversary, has recently condu...
Korean Society of Health-System Pharmacists cerebrate 25th anniversaryThe Korean Society ofHealth-System Pharmacists (KSHSP) pledged to play its important role in the management of patients as well as social contribution, its marking 25th annivers...
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KMA seeking NHI reimbursement scheme by service provider.
So far all the healthcare service provider groups have kept an integrated NHI reimbursement scheme but only the Korea Medical Association (KMA) is now seeking to differentiate it's reimbursement on different service p...
Government urged to scrap discriminatory policy in new drug pricing system
The Korean government should withdraw its discriminatory policies against domestic pharmaceutical industry, said the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said on October 31.
In its statement, the KPA said that t...
Prospects dim for 100-bottle drink supply plan
Some drug wholesalers' push in Seoul for supplying a number of popular tonics and digestives in a box holding 100 bottles to retail pharmacies from next month will likely hit a snag as there is no general consensus ov...
Stiefel's Sebiprox emerging as a top seller in pharmacy markets.
Sebiprox (ciclopirox olamine) supplied by Stiefel Korea has been emerged as a top seller in the pharmacy markets as recommended by skin doctors for a good relief of dandruff and dermatitis seborrhoica.
KMDI statist...
Income gap widens between rich, poor pharmacies
With polarization haunting economy being a major chronic problem, the phenomenon is not an exception when it comes to pharmacy.
The top 100 pharmacies, merely 5.2 percent of the total pharmacies nationwide, account...
Drug wholesalers and Daewoong in dispute.
Sept 28 seems to be a turning point for the drug wholesalers and Daewoong to solve the problems in dispute, considering that the KPWA head Mr. Hwang Chi-yeop and his staffs would return from their world conference on ...
Government urged to drive generic use
As the rise in healthcare expenditure internationally has led to governments' implementing a variety of cost-containment policies, the Korean government needs to boost generic use by benchmarking Japan's successful ne...
Brand drug name prescription raising business collusion between physicians and drug makers.
The prescription in brand drug names may cause a business collusion between the drug maker and the prescribing physicians, and therefore it should be immediately abolished and changed to the prescription written in ge...
