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Pharmacy franchise companies watching e-commercial business success.
Pharmacy franchise companies are moving actively into an e-commerce business in an ever increasing trend these days while other many competitors are keenly watching its progress in their market entries.
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Introduction of DRG system for low-income bracket eyed next year
In a bid to lessen the medical outlays burden of the low-income bracket, the DRG (diagnosis related group) system will be implemented from next year and the health insurance allowance program for patients with rare or...
OTC wholesaling senior officials to join boycotting Zuellig Korea's items
In a recent get-together, Dowoohoe, an organization of OTC wholesaling senior officials in Seoul and Kyunggi area, agreed to observe the resolution of the Wholesaler Development Association boycotting Zuellig Korea's ...
Males suffering from erectile dysfunction prefer Cialis
A number of males with erectile dysfunction tend to prefer Cialis than Viagra due to the former's long duration of action, rapid onset of efficacy and less side effects, a recent symposium said.
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Drug wholesale group rejected Zuellig's requests.
The Pharmaceutical Business Development Council (PBDC) had an emergency meeting at Tower hotel on Sept. 2 and decided to reject answering to the Zuellig's inquiries for "the drug supply forecast and inventory status" ...
Quality certification system for bulk drugs.
For the drug quality improvement and credibility enhancement, director Chang Joon-shik of the Drug Safety Bureau of KFDA is contemplating to implement a quality certification system for all bulk drugs by means of adop...
Drugs acting on circulatory system topped in bioequivalence-tested drug list
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced that as of the end of last August, a total of bioequivalence-tested drugs were tallied as 725 and of these items, Drugs acting on circulatory system surpassed other the...
Government urged to discourage arbitrary dispensing of pharmacists
The arbitrary dispensing of pharmacists has been rampant amid doctors' sole participation in the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function), leading some of the primary medical i...
Celebrex reimbursable to elderly patients aged over 65
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced on August 22 that COX-2 preparations including Celebrex would be reimbursable to arthritis patients aged more than 65 from this September 1st.
Pfizer Korea lowered the h...
Drug export and import in 1/2 this year on backward steps.
The bulk drug export and import during the first half of this year showed very slow.
A statistics compiled by the Korea Pharmaceutical Trade Association (President: Chung Seung-whan) over the drug export and import...
