News About: Pharm. Affairs
Humanitarian Donation of Tuberculosis Vaccines to North Korea
The Korea National Tuberculosis Association (KNTA) has recently made a goodwill donation of tuberculosis (TB) vaccines and related items to North Korea, to aid in the prevention and control of TB for the country and i...
Restrictive Wholesale Trade Terms Bring Concerns by Retail Pharmacies
The pharmacy community recently reported that certain number of local pharmaceutical wholesalers is practicing unfair business transactions by enforcing restrictive trade terms that would severely limit the retail pha...
KPA Launches Investigations on Unfair Business Transactions by Manufacturers
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced that it plans to enforce strict measures on the pharmaceutical manufacturers if they are found to practice unfair business transactions with the retail pharmacies.
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Only 7.4% of Pharmacies Give Complete Medication Guidance
While the majority of pharmacies do provide their medication guidance at the time of dispensary, a new survey suggests that only a few pharmacies give the provision that would satisfy all the requirements as stated in...
Pharmacists Ask for Abolishment of Post-Substitution Dispensary Notification Requirement
The Seoul Pharmaceutical Association (SPA) is raising its concerns over a position taken by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) in the area of penalty imposition on the pharmacists who have failed to make post-d...
Provision of Prescription Medication Refill System Suggested
Returning from the recent visits to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and pharmaceutical research, manufacturing and distribution facilities, Officer Yang Jun-ho of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) made...
Rate of Retail Pharmacy Closures Drops by 19%
The total number of retail pharmacies has increased by a small margin as compared to last year, while their opening and closure rates have dropped significantly, all of which are indicative of the rearrangement of pha...
Withpharm Launches Informational Website for 3M Products
Withpharm, a domestic company that supplies the products by 3M Korea to pharmacies nationwide, announced an opening of its website, www.3m114.co.kr, to provide helpful information geared to pharmacists and product use...
Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science Sets Sail
Under its slogan to establish a safe and rational basis for use of high quality pharmaceutical products, the Korean Society of Pharmaceutical Regulatory Science (KosPhaRS) announced its planned official launching on D...
Pharmacists Look for Hire, Upon Closures of Retail Pharmacies
Confronted with increasing stress levels arising from financial difficulties, disputes with employees, worsening relationships with suppliers, and increasing inventories without potential returns, more pharmacists ope...
