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KMA, threatening all-out campaigns to discover any arbitrary dispensing in pharmacy
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) said it will drastically increase the employment number of ex-policemen aiming to discover any arbitrary or substitute dispensing in pharmacy, while the Korea Practitioners Associat...
KFTC's corrective measure on excessive entertainment for doctors may trigger unlawful deals
Pharmaceutical industry sources say there are concerns that in line the collective notification for unfair business practices relates to the excessive offering of entertainment for doctors imposed by the Korea Fair Tr...
OTC wholesaling business to face serious setbacks during summer season
Influenced by the Korean squad's advance to the World Cup semifinals and intensive selling of some OTCs in convenience stores, the sales of the domestic OTC wholesalers dipped by more than 10 percent in June.
An OT...
Chosun Muyak to restore its operation under payment reschedule.
Chosun Muyak seems to be revived as a new incorporation through a capital inducement after the approval of the payment reschedule in July.
At present Chosun Muyak is underway of putting total efforts for the paymen...
HRT patch showing better sexual function than oral HRT preparations
The results of a clinical study demonstrated that Novartis's Estalis, a hormone replacement therapy (HRT)-derived patch, has a positive effect on postmenopausal women in terms of emotion and mood, sexual desire and or...
"Salt" to be developed as a functional food
It is a growing trend that natural resources such as water and oxygen are to be developed as a functional health supplement, and it is now attempting to extend to the salt as well.
Salt is an essential element in k...
Overall discussion on separation of drug dispensing from medical practice outlined
After a two-year implementation of a new system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice (SDP function), the quality of pharmacies, such as drug guidance, has been significantly enhanced but the collusion a...
Drug industry strongly denounced government's price slash.
Under the theme of NHI financial stabilization measures, the government has shown an one-side price slashing policy, eventually provoking the drug industry a repulsion so harsh as to put a court fight. Even the govern...
43 ingredients subject to bioequivalence test in 2004
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said the bioequivalence tests of 43 ingredients with narrow therapeutic thresfolds will take effect on 43 from July 1, 2004 on a mandatory basis.
Ingredients to be inc...
Medical community to push optional separation system.
The medical community voiced an Optional Medical and Pharmacy Role Separation program with a high pitch in the meeting of the public hearing on June 29 at the 7th floor of KMA office building,
The meeting was foll...
