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Unfair Demand by Public Health Organizations Prevalent
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has found that a separated demand is prevalent to cover the working expenses of the branch offices of public health centers and similar facilities.
The Ministry announced that unf...
KFDA to launch bio-equivalent test from Sept.
The KFDA intends to proceed the bio-equivalent test projection from coming Sept. in order to facilitate a smooth implementation of the substituted dispensing practices at pharmacies.
Initially the KFDA elected 40 p...
All efforts to pour into prescription drug list.
As the revised pharmaceutical affairs law was already enforced and the determination of prescription drugs at all medical institutes proceeded into a main phase from August, most of small and medium sized drug compani...
Manufactured Medicine Imports Continue to Surge in First Half
Imports of manufactured medicine over US$500,000 continue to show an increasing trend, rising to US$150.71 million in the first half of this year, up slightly from the same period last year.
The trend is attributed...
Opposition to Revision of Actual Transaction Redemption System
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association has made a firm stand opposing the proposed revision of the actual transaction redemption system, invoking one's right to live and saying that it is a dangerous concept that could ...
Serious Shortage of Graduates From Pharmaceutical College in Graduate School of Pharmacy
There have been calls for countermeasures to deal with the problem of the decline in the number of graduates from Pharmaceutical College in the Graduate School of Pharmacy.
Since the separation of clinics and pharm...
Graded Insurance Price system applicable only for full employed pharmacist.
The graded insurance reimbursement price system may not apply to a time working pharmacist who does not make any employment contract.
The MOHW prepared a guideline concerning the revised provisions covering the NHI...
Rejection to Reference Price System regarded as infringement of sovereignty.
The Pharmacist Association for Health Society proclaimed on July 26 that the rejecting acts recently conducted by foreign multinational drug corporations in Korea against the government's Reference Price System should...
Number of Pharmacies in Convenient Stores Expected to Rise
The trend toward the opening of pharmacies in convenience stores as a shop-in-shop format is expected to gradually intensify.
According to the convenience store industry, the operation of a pharmacy in a convenient...
