News About: Pharm. Affairs
Pharmacy most ideal to locate near pediatric clinics.
The location near pediatric clinics becomes the most attractive site for retail pharmacies to make a favorable business success, considering relatively low medication expenses and a high frequency call of pediatric pa...
Cosmetic company looking for retail pharmacy markets.
A growing number of cosmetic companies are turning their business interests to retail pharmacy markets in association with pharmaceutical companies or by setting up their own pharmaceutical divisions.
Their enthusi...
One in 4 pharmacies daily fills 30 prescriptions or less.
The KPhA reported that based on the data provided by the HIRA covering the number of pharmacy prescription filling during the first and second half of 2001 as of the 25th every month, 1 in 4 pharmacies filled less tha...
Overuse or misuse of children cold remedies is becoming more serious
The overuse or misuse of children cold remedies seems likely to cause a serous health problem, according to a recent survey of Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB) conducted on 300 housewives:
- 33.3 percent (100...
Victims from adverse drug reaction are increasing due to non-performance of drug guidance
Business sources say that there is an increasing trend in the number of victims from adverse drug reaction due to failure in pharmacist's proper drug guidance with his/her little recognition, after the implementation ...
Number of pharmacists correctly to report to HIRA.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) said that quite an amount of the dispensing reimbursement was rejected because the pharmacy did not report a correct number of working pharmacists to the HIRA.
According to...
Presentation of Common Prescription Drug Lists to request again.
The Korea Pharmaceutical associations (KPA) strongly suggested to the candidates for the June 13 local government elections, focusing on the local health and medical system and its related policies that included the ...
29,313 pharmacists working for NHI service.
According to the statistics reported by the Health Insurance Review Agency (Chief commissioner: Dr. Shin Young-soo), the total number of pharmacists working for the NHI service institutes showed 29,313 as of the end o...
Mounting public awareness on doctor's prescription by generic name
The nationwide campaign to collect signatures for a petition of doctor's prescription by generic name, which has been initially promoted by two regional chapters of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA), has att...
Safe keeping of prescription are emerging as 'headache'
Business sources say that with two years approaching after implementation of a new system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, many pharmacists are suffering from the matter of keeping their prescripti...
