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KPMA called for elimination of unfair trade practices.
After the government's medical reform program being launched, unfair trade practices appeared in the marketplace with many problems such as unreasonable deals with retail pharmacies and allurement of prescription-fill...
Drug makers to expand more direct distribution to retail pharmacies.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association (KPhWA) complained of the recent growing trend of pharmaceutical manufacturer's direct deals with retail pharmacies after the government's medical reform program launc...
Provisional control on daily number of prescription filling under consideration.
To prevent medical institutes and pharmacies from their business collusion the government may put a new restrictive clause to the revised pharmaceutical affairs law, regulating a daily upper limit of dispensing cases ...
KPA to hold extraordinary meeting on Nov. 30 for final conclusion of current issues.
The KPA plans to have an extraordinary meeting on Nov. 30 again to ratify the issues agreed in the 3 way talks of the government, the medical and the pharmacy representatives concerning the revised bill of the pharmac...
Prescription drug list under serious consideration to legislate.
The MOHW plans to draft the revised bill of the pharmaceutical affairs law reflecting 1) the prohibition of pharmacist's substitutive dispensing, 2) the most common prescription drug lists and 3) the prohibition of bu...
Drug wholesalers to show a boycott sign against Novartis and Boehringer product sales.
The drug wholesale community intends to reject distribution of Novartis and Boehringer products for the purpose of warning against other pharmaceutical manufacturers who might additionally joint Zuellig for their drug...
SCMR filed interim injunction for nullification of KMA's poll on current medical issues.
The Struggle Committee for Medical Rights has filed an interim injunction for nullification of the KMA's poll conducted on Nov. 20 over the official acceptance of the medical reform issues recently compromised in the ...
Supervisory Team to prosecute massive unlawful practices
Many unlawful medical and pharmacy practices have been detected by the government surveillance campaign to check the implementation of the current medical reform program, which included a business collusion between me...
Pharmacists against legislation movement to prohibit free dispensing practices at pharmacies.
The KPA, a pharmacist lobbying group, strongly stood against the government's legislation movement for provisional standards and guidelines of supervising pharmacist's free dispensing practices.
The MOHW recently ...
Legislation move for supervising guideline of pharmacist's free dispensing in trouble.
As a follow-up measure of the 3 way talks of the government, the medical and the pharmacy representatives, the MOHW and the KPA continued to negotiate for supplement of the agreed points on Nov. 11 at the 3 way talks....
