News About: Pharm. Affairs
Drug Inventories Return Project Set Forth by KPA
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced its nationwide project of returning cumulative drug inventories in pharmacies to the manufacturers, starting February of 2005.
Prior to the February kick-off, th...
Pharmacies’ Cumulative Drug Inventories Estimated over 60 Billion Won
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced its recent findings on the amount of cumulative drug inventories, of used and unused contents, held by the pharmacies nationwide, and it estimated that the total is...
Top Starting Salaries Received By Graduates of Pharmacy
The joint effort between The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development (MOE) and the Korea Research Institute for Vocational Education and Training (KRIVET) recently published the findings on a comparative...
9 Out of 10 Pharmacies Provide Medication Guidance
From a recent survey sponsored by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) conducted for the month of November, The Green Consumer Network (GCN) reported its findings on the current pharmacy practice level in provid...
Pharmacies Could Receive Tax Benefits from Courtesy Expense Reporting
Pharmacies could utilize a number of items subject to tax benefits as they prepare their tax returns for the year-end, recommended by the pharmacy tax specialists. Such benefits could be derived from reporting items ...
Importance of Breast Feeding Stressed in Era of Low Birth Rate
The Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea (PPFK) held a discussion meeting on November 30th to promote an importance of breast feeding in the era of low-birth rate.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of Korea (PPFK...
Number of Pharmacies Drops Further
Continuing from the prior years since the separation of medical and dispensary practices, the relative number of pharmacies per each medical service provider (i.e. hospitals, clinics) dropped to 0.81 for the...
Koreans look outwards to seek better life
Koreans with professional medical jobs has begun to move to Canada en masse with dreams of a better life.
The recent survey of 318 Korean emigrants to Canada, conducted by Canada-based P.G.S. International Consult...
Foreign pharmacies in FEZ non-allowed to accept Korean nationals
According to the government plan which was endorsed by the Cabinet meeting on October 16, general hospitals, dental clinics and recuperation facilities to be established by foreigners or foreign corporations in the fr...
KPA to set Good Pharmacist Practice Standard.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) announced to upgrade the current GPP (Good Pharmacy Practice) to the Good Pharmacy Practice Standard (GPPS) in order to establish a good pharmacy prestige in the present medi...
