News About: Pharm. Affairs
Pharmacy college professors excluded from new school system projects.
It was found that the college professors were eliminated in promoting the process of 6 year pharmacy school project, which may create internal conflicts in the pharmacy communities and academic society.
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Lung cancer on the rise while cardiovascular diseases down.
The death rates in Korea revealed the top with cancer and the diabetic on the sharp rise. The lung cancer rated 25 per 100,000 populations, the top killer of all cancers, then, stomach, liver and cervical cancers show...
Medical reform system under survey to supplement and improve.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPhA) conducted a field survey over the medical and pharmacy role separation system (hereinafter called "separation system") in order to extract the public opinions. The KPhA anno...
More supply of small packages drugs required in pharmacy markets.
Many retail pharmacies are now experiencing a lot of difficulties in the return of unused or opened stocks by Sept. 30, implying that more supply of small packaged drugs was supposedly needed in order to avoid such pr...
Shortage of pharmacists in public health centers getting worse.
The pharmacist manpower requirement for the public health center stood far behind from its supply across the nation, filling merely 77% of its legally prescribed number of seats according to the inspection d...
Cost-saving effects in drug charges outlined
The government's administrative measures to exclude some OTCs including digestives from the list of insurance-covered drugs proven to have subsequent cost-saving effect in drug charges, a report said recently.
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Large pharmacies mulling over drug store business.
It is very likely that by the end of this year about 10 large drug stores may be opened as a business diversification of large pharmacies according to the ethical oriental pharmacy business source.
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KPA keeping silent on juridical Hospital Pharmacy Association move.
President Han Seok-won of the KPA did not make any confirmation nor denial on Sept. 2 over which the Korea Hospital Pharmacy Association with about 1,500 members was trying to set the body under a juridical entity.
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100 pharmacies across the country submerged by Typhoon Rusa
Typhoon Rusa, the most powerful tropical storm to hit Korea in 43 years, ripped through the country over the weekend, leaving about 100 pharmacies submerged in torrential rains, and causing massive property damage, sa...
Establishment of local corporate pharmacies eyed
Influenced by the government plan to allow the establishment of corporate pharmacies to foreigners in the Special Economic Zones as part of transforming Korea into the international business hub of Northeast Asia with...
