News About: Pharm. Affairs
Number of medical institutions up
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) say that as of the end of this November there was a total of 65,373 medical institutions, up 2,639 in the same period of last year.
By category, there were 42 tert...
Pharmacists confirmed neutral at presidential election.
The KPA confirmed that the Association would keep strictly neutral at the upcoming presidential election, and added to say, however, that they would circulate a guideline covering the respective's parties' overall hea...
Drug guidance is essential for pharmacist's function
Pharmaceutical business sources say that a pharmacist should turn their eyes to drug guidance for patients so as to firmly establish the new system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice and enhance bette...
Students from 17 pharmacy colleges nationwide set to turn down their classes
The total of 17 pharmacy colleges began to flatly reject any class from December 5th after their voting on December 2rd-4th, for the possible realization of 6-year pharmacy college education system. Four pharmacy coll...
KPA gave warning to doctors over pharmacy school-year issue.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) issued an official statement, warning to the Korea Oriental Medical Association (KOMA) on Dec. 4 that the KOMA should not abuse the honest spirit reflected in the 6 year pha...
Pharmacy communities to boycott prescriptions for long term medication.
Many prescription oriented pharmacies located near hospitals stated that they would boycott filling the prescription of long term medications because their business became seriously deteriorated as a result of the gov...
Annual salary of graduates from collage of pharmacy tops 27.89 million won
The average annual salary of graduates from college of pharmacy amounted to 27.89 million won and their employment rate placed 10th rank, according to a government survey.
The survey of 7,267 graduates from univers...
Majority of citizens say pharmacist's drug guidance unsatisfactory
While four out of 10 citizens express much satisfaction with drug guidance at pharmacy, their necessary information during the drug guidance is a proper management on side effects of drug, a recent survey showed.
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Prescription oriented pharmacies to diversify their business.
As a result of severe competition over the prescription filling business, most of prescription oriented pharmacies are trying to seek other ways of their business development setting, for instance, a "Self Test Corner...
Pharmacists loudly voicing over too frequent inspections.
The retail pharmacy community claimed many difficulties in their pharmacy management because of too frequent inspections over pharmacy practices by the MOHW, the public health centers, the civic groups, the public pro...
