News About: Pharm. Affairs
"Shop-in-shop" within pharmacy gains big popularity
At least three or four shops are likely to be additionally established within more than mid-sized pharmacy, business observers say.
Major pharmacy chains including Onnuri Health, Withpharm and SK plan to promote th...
Medical and pharmaceutical circles decided to seek compromise
The Korean Practitioners Association (KPA) and The Seoul Pharmaceutical Association (SPA) exchanged a written agreement at Palace Hotel on October 15, to this effect that the mutual lawsuits and accusations related to...
Pharmacy allures patients with discounts or free dispensing fees.
It is found that many pharmacies were alluring patients to fill prescriptions in a free or discounted dispensing fee.
According to the retail pharmacy community, a lot of illegal pharmacy practices are prevalent in...
Description error in most of physician's prescription mistakes.
More than a half of physician's prescriptions have been found with description errors according to a survey conducted and reported by Mr. Choi Kyung-up, the chief pharmacist of Samsung Seoul Medical Center on Oct. 8 i...
Majority pharmacists accepted government's medical reform program.
According to the interim questionnaire survey reported by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association during the symposium on Oct. 8 titled "Symposium for stable settlement of the medical and pharmacy role separation program...
Completion of drug information management system eyed by 2007
The ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) says the plan for drug information management system by the year 2007 is being promoted by investing 65.8 billion won of government for five years, and DUR (drug utilization r...
Biannual FAPA convention in Seoul closed
The biannual FAPA convention in Seoul was successfully closed on October 8 after a four-day session with a theme "Effective treatment for patients through pharmacy".
The FAPA committee decided to hold the 20th conv...
Public health centers suffering shortage of profession personnel
In his report announced prior to the recent parliamentary inspection on October 2, Rep. Choi Young-hee of the minority Millennium Democratic Party (MDP) asserted that the public health centers have suffered a shortage...
Nam Soo-ja nominated to president after next-president of FAPA.
Ms. Nam Soo-ja, the chief commissioner of KPA's International Committee, was nominated to be the president from 2006 after the next president of FAPA (2002-2006) in an open competitive election at the FAPA directorate...
Grand opening of Seoul FAPA congress.The 19th congress of the Federation of Asian Pharmaceutical Association (FAPA) took its grand opening ceremony at the International Convention Center in Seoul on Oct. 5 under th...
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