News About: Pharm. Affairs
Wholesalers agree not to divulge pharmacy-related transaction information
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the Korea Drug Wholesalers Association (KDWA) finally agreed to keep any pharmacy-related dealing information in confidence, according to pharmaceutical business sources....
1 in 2 customers willing to buy vitamins in pharmacy
One out of two customers prefers to buy vitamins in pharmacy due to reliance and specialty, brightening the prospect for activating other health foods by pharmacy.
In a recent survey of 463 adults, the Vitamin Hous...
Hospitals urged to recruit more pharmacists
The Korean Society of Health-System Pharmacists is calling for hiring more pharmacists in hospitals and clinics, as four pharmacists on average are employed in one general hospital.
The association said that 998 ph...
Most expensive tuition for Ewha Univ. College of Pharmacy.
The most expensive tuition among 20 colleges of pharmacy in Korea found Ewha Univ. at 9,130 thousand won per year according to the high educational institution statistics reported by the MOE and Korean Education...
Health ministry moves to cut income taxes for pharmacy
The government will seek to revise laws this fall in order to cut income taxes for pharmacies, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW).
The move came when the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) c...
Business premises of pharmacy stir dispute
There is an intensifying dispute over the planned establishment of new pharmacy in an area adjacent to clinics, heightening the possibility of prescription-related collusion acts between pharmacists and doctors.
Th...
Uri party to submit bill on pharmacy's earned income tax system
The governing Uri Party decided on August 18 to submit a bill aimed at exempting the taxation of margin-free drugs levied under the actually transacted drug reimbursement system.
The bill aims to deduct the transac...
Doctors calls for easing rules limiting OTC sales in supermarkets
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) reiterated on August 14 the government has to consider easing regulations banning supermarkets and convenient stores from selling over-the-counter (OTC) products.
In a statement ...
Pharmacy weighs business impact on non-NHI reimbursement of combined drug
Recently the government announced that 742 combined drugs turned to the non-NHI reimbursement schedule, for which the pharmacy circles took an attitude of a half positive with other half negative, expecting that in on...
Government to reinforce more fairness of tax collection system
The government has recently unveiled its plan to increasingly ensure fairness in the country's tax collection system by targeting high-income self-employed who tend to underreport their earnings.
To this end, the g...
