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National Pharmacy Student Association on rally for 6 year system.
The National Pharmacy Student Association comprising of 12 colleges of pharmacy across the nation plans to have a Rally to the People on Nov. 29 for expediting the 6 year pharmacy school system to be carried out.
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Foreign branded drugs rapidly dominant in general hospitals.
After the implementation of the medical and pharmacy separation program the foreign branded drugs manufactured by domestic and foreign multinational drug corporations showed a rapid and sustained increasing dominance ...
Pharmacist's filtering function on erroneous prescription emphasized
The careful review of pharmacist on the increasing trend of erroneous doctor's prescriptions can mainly protect the patients from any drug-related accidents, according to the recent seminar organized by Korea Hospital...
Mr. Roh of MDP presidential candidate favors prescription in generic names.
In the 28th National Women Pharmacist Association Congress taking place on Nov. 23 at the Expo Convention Center of Busan, sponsored by the KPA, Mr. Roh Moo-hyun, the presidential candidate of the MDP who took part in...
Prescription oriented pharmacies to explore OTC drug business.
The pharmacies where located near general hospitals and therefore the business was largely relied on physician's prescriptions have turned their eyes on OTC drugs to explore their management rationalization.
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Pharmacist's license rental on the rise after medical reform program.
An intensive pharmacy inspection seems to be necessary for detecting ever increasing illegal pharmacies these days after the implementation of the medical and pharmacy role separation program, where set up with other ...
2003 conversion index of medical institutions announced
The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the conversion index of medical institutions in 2003 ahead of the medical treatment and dispensing charges contract between the medical institutions committee and the...
KPA to retort KMA's misleading advertising.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) pointed out that the Korea Medical Association (KMA) took deceptive tricks to hurt the pharmacist community through their recent misleading public advertising largely in an a...
Glivec's copy products and compulsory enforcement
As the Korean leukemia patients group continued to make their struggle for lowering the reimbursed price of Glivec after discontinuing the pricing negotiation with Novartis Korea, the Korean government's decision on t...
Leukemia Patient Association stop negotiating for Glivec price.
As of the end of Oct., the Leukemia Patient Association (hereinafter called Association) declared "no negotiation" for the price issue of Glivec.
The Association has kept negotiating with Novartis during the past 3...
