News About: Pharm. Affairs
90% working pharmacists failed to execute labor contract
Nine in 10 pharmacists employed in pharmacies have failed to enter into their labor contracts with proprietors of pharmacy, reflecting possible dispute when leaving for another jobs on the part of employees, a survey ...
KPA warns against cornering domestic medical institutions
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association recently cautioned the government moves to press the domestic medical circle into further difficulties via law revision of free economic zone, saying it would only worsen the econ...
More pharmacies seeking for management digitalization.
"Pharmacist Kim is sick today. He is not going to work at his pharmacy. However, he did not much worry about only one assistant pharmacist working at his pharmacy because he could frequently check the pharmacy operati...
FTC to review unfair provisions of Zuellig's distribution agreement.
The pharmaceutical wholesale circle seems to get relief from the Zuellig's trade pressure.
According to a reliable source from the pharmaceutical wholesale industry on Oct. 6, the Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesale As...
Students from Oriental Medicine Dept. staging 107-day strike
A group of 38 fourth-year students from Oriental Medicine Department of Woosuk University, who have been on a three-month-long strike, asked their leave of absence from school, urging the government to guarantee the s...
Prescription drugs hardly found at neighbour pharmacies.
Many pharmacies located in residential areas are experiencing difficulties to keep inventory of prescription drugs through wholesalers and drug makers because most of drug makers directly dealt with wholesalers and wh...
Task force to analyze influence of corporate pharmacy system inducement
Influenced by the government plan to introduce the corporate pharmacy system in a not-too-distant future, the Korea Pharmaceutical Association said on August 26 that it has set up a task force consisting of some membe...
Pharmacy hit by sluggish OTC sales
The haunting public suspicion over phenylpropanolamine (PPA)-containing cold drugs is putting an additional strain on local proprietors of pharmacy, which have already suffered from a lengthy slump in domestic consump...
Number of pharmacies totals 19,584
The Health Insurance Review Agency says that as of the end of this June, there are a total of 19,584 pharmacies across the nation, showing a gradual increase compared with 18,494 in May 2002 and 18,974 in Ma...
"Aromafloria" herbal brand growing popular in pharmacy market.
A herbal aroma brand "Aromafloria" supplied by Ssesa (President: Jang Eun-hee) and originally manufactured and distributed by an American company, California Fragrance Inc. was getting popular in the retail pharmacy m...
