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KPMA called for general hospitals to shorten credit terms.
The KPMA asked the general hospitals who delayed their payment to shorten the credit terms through the medical organizations such as the KMA and KHA.
After the implementation of the government new insurance drug pr...
KMA to launch pilot project of medical and pharmacy separation from June 1.
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) announced to implement a model project of the government medical and pharmacy separation system from June 1.
Dr. Kim Jae-jung, the president of KMA made it clear in the press in...
Foreign invested drug companies on searching OTC wholesalers.
Appointing the exclusive drug wholesaler for the future drug supply under the new medical and pharmacy separation system, most of foreign invested drug companies mainly engaging in ethical drug business such as MSD an...
Opening of packaged drugs for sale by drug wholesalers may be granted.
To minimize heavy inventory burdens that might occur at retail pharmacies under the medical and pharmacy separation plan and to dispense prescriptions more swiftly and efficiently the government may allow drug wholesa...
900 towns to be exceptional regions of medical and pharmacy separation plan.
About 900 towns across the nation where no medical institutes and pharmacies or only 1 to 2 pharmacies were available seemed to be nominated as an exceptional region from the government medical and pharmacy separation...
Trust acts between pharmacies and clinics forbidden.
The MOHW is going to make a final provisional arrangement of eliminating any trust acts that might happen between physicians and pharmacists in transaction of the prescription issuance and its filling under the govern...
Infra for health, medical and biological industry in urgent need.
The Korea Health Industry Promotion Board held a symposium under the theme of "Bio-engineering and Health/Medical Service" on May 2 at the Medical Science Institute of Catholic University.
Dr. Yoo Ok-joon, the top...
Separation system may speed up industrial restructuring
It is predicted that the government medical and pharmacy separation plan may substantially speed up the restructuring of drug industry, considering the fact that because of the elimination of medication margins accord...
Environmental hormonal substances to be controlled.
The KFDA plans to newly establish "Endocrinological Toxicology Section" under the Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT) mainly responsible for the administration of the endocrinological hazardous substances (so called "...
Zuellig declared its business scope to acting sales activity for drug manufacturers.
Zuellig Pharma Korea, a multinational drug wholesale company, started their sales activity from April 10, and President Tony Hausbierld explained in the official press interview on April 27 that Zuellig's business sho...
