News About: Pharm. Affairs
Pharmacists protesting against medical group over public hearing incidence.
The public hearing as planned by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the Korea Pharmacy School Faculty Association (KPSFA) was aborted by the illegal sit-down demonstration of the Korea Medical Association....
Pharmacists owned premise of clinic mart to monopolize prescriptions.
The separate medical and pharmacy practice system has been 5 years since its implementation, however, recently raising an odd trend that some pharmacists were exerting their utmost efforts for more medical institution...
KPA to declare banishing fake drugs.
The Korea pharmaceutical association (KPA) held a declaration ceremony of publicizing the dangers of fake drugs at the stadium of Milliore at Myeongdong as one of the campaign "Banishment of fake drugs" on June 16.
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KMA blocked public hearing against 6 year pharmacy school plan.
The Korea Medical Association unlawfully occupied the public hearing hall and staged a sit-down demonstration against the 6 year pharmacy school program. As a result, the public hearing plan may vanish away.
The h...
Retail pharmacy communities discontented with discrimination.
After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation system the drug makers and wholesalers have put more marketing promotional efforts to the prescribing physicians as an emerging business partner wit...
KPA harshly to reject OTC drug sale at supermarkets.
Recently a press reported that OTC drugs would be granted to sell even at general supermarkets, which provoked a big shake to retail pharmacy communities so hard that the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) declar...
MOHW to face difficulties in review of medical reform system.
Now is the time for the government's medical and pharmacy role separation system that has been 5 years since its enforcement to review, however, which seems to face a lot of huddles stemming from the negative attitude...
Counterfeited handwritten prescriptions on retail pharmacy markets.
Counterfeited handwritten prescriptions issued by a medical institution located at Guro district in Seoul have been found in the retail pharmacy markets.
According to the KPA, many counterfeited prescriptions issue...
Medical community to oppose substituted dispensing at pharmacy.
The medical community undertook a harsh backlash against any movement of attempting to allow the substituted dispensing for the same generic drugs at a level of the KMA, indicating a serious rift between the medical a...
Pharmacy group to complain at NHI pricing policy.
The MOHW's announcement of the total 67 subjects over the revised NHI reimbursement standards on May 30 to enforce from July has provoked wrath to the pharmacy community, especially against the discriminated NHI reimb...
