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KPA to demand compensation of Zyprexa tablet
Following the price cut of Lilly Korea's Zyprexa (olanzapine) tablet by 14 to 39.9 percent from December 1st in line with its re-designation as the first-line drug in treatment of psychosis, the Korea Pharmaceutical A...
Government urged to guarantee appropriate level of NHI price
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association in its recent statement criticized the recent government decision to raise the National Health Insurance price by 2.65 percent next year, claiming that the decision has required ar...
Pharmacy must register functional food sales.
The pharmacy community seemingly embarrasses at the government announcement plan for the Health Functional Food Act in public around Dec. this year, which deleted exceptional clause for the pharmacy to register when s...
Proprietors of pharmacy urged to select proper store names
Proprietors who plan to newly establish a pharmacy or change the name of their pharmacy should carefully select the proper names in their stores.
In its recent response to a civil inquiry on whether a flurry of sig...
Lady pharmacists group called for generic prescriptions and substituted dispensing
The Lady Pharmacist of Dongdae-moon pharmaceutical association held the 6th congress of the Dongdae-moon lady pharmacist at Dongdae-moon district office auditorium hall on Nov. 22 under the theme of "the role of lady ...
Introduction of drug utilization review system urged: symposium
The Korean College of Clinical Pharmacy held its autumn symposium, titled "Guarantee on the safety of drug in use," on November 22 and discussed the possibility of introducing a new drug utilization review (DUR) syste...
10.2% of residents prefer to utilize pharmacies at discount store
Samsung Tesco HomePlus said on November 18 that its one-month survey of 1700 residents at its recently opened two discount stores conducted on November disclosed that 10.2 percent (172 residents) said they would prefe...
Internet use to enhance pharmacy business competitiveness.
Internet use for the customer management purpose at pharmacies shows ever increasing trend these days in proportion to the increased number of houses with personal computers.
Considering the conveniency by time and...
Civic groups demand resignation of health minister
Some groups of the Health and Medical Confederation, the Participatory Solidarity Association, and the Korean Labor Union demanded in a recent press conference that Minister of Health and Welfare Kim Hwa-joong should ...
More Korean people to utilize oriental hospitals
A majority of medical users said that if their out-of-pocket portion in the medical outlays is reduced, they would switch to oriental hospitals/clinics instead of western hospitals, a survey showed recently.
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