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Medical circle embracing for incorporating doctor's direct dispensing into Medical Law
The Special Committee for Medical System Development held the 17th meeting on February 4 to discuss the overall revision of health and medical law, while making a review on the regulation of transferring "doctor's dir...
Kim Sung-ho to remain in office as next minister of Health and Welfare
In the midst where Kim Sung-ho, incumbent minister of Health and Welfare, is expected to be one of the most potential candidate of the next minister of Health and Welfare, other candidates Lee Kyung-ho of former vice...
Top posts of 3 pharmaceutical related organizations to be changed.
The general congress of the pharmaceutical related organizations like the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), and the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) was scheduled in February, and the top ex...
KPA to propose an incentive plan for neighbour pharmacies.
After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, most of neighbour pharmacies located in residential areas faced so serious business difficulties as to stand at an edge of their management...
Expansion of plant facility eyed, Janssen Korea says
Although many foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms are in the process of withdrawing their plants from Korea, Janssen Korea is scheduled to expand its plant at Hwasung of Kyunggi Province in the first half of this ye...
Medical circle opposes doctor's prescription by generic name
The current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice needs to be ameliorated so as to alleviate patients' inconvenience and financial burden, and more careful review on doctor's prescription by gener...
Pharmaceutical firms turn away quasi-drugs
Pharmaceutical business sources say that more clear definition on quasi-drugs, swifted from some OTCs whose safety and efficacy was already established, should be required to promote the sagging production of pharmace...
Cialis launched in UK first over the world.
A new anti-impotence pill developed by E. Lilly jointly with Icos, called "Cialis" (tadalafil) went on sale in 15 European countries including England, New Zealand and Australia, signaling the start of a multi-billion...
Cooperate in earlier settlement of differential pricing in insurance-covered drugs
In response to the request from the Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) has recently dispatched an official letter to its members, to this effect:
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1.4 pharmacists on average are working at a pharmacy.
The Health Insurance Review Agency reported through the latest statistics as of Dec. 2002 that the total number of pharmacy and pharmacist across the nation showed 18,727 and 26,904 respectively, indicating every 4 ph...
