News About: Pharm. Affairs
KPA to prosecute KMA in charge of defamation.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) is going to bring a suit against the KMA in charge of defamation via advertising through daily news papers.
The KPA appointed a lawyer and examined the advertising texts i...
Pharmacist candidates trying to maintain their lead in the local elections
With the local elections just 9 days away, the majority of pharmacist candidates of the major parties are stepping up their campaigns, while trying to maintain their lead.
The registration of pharmacist candidates ...
Unused stocks to return at purchased prices.
All unused stocks kept in the shelves of pharmacies will be returned to the suppliers from July for 3 months at purchased prices so that pharmacies may not get any business losses from the returned stocks.
The Kore...
Regional KPA to protest against the selling of OTCs in supermarkets
The Daejeon chapter of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association has strongly called for the immediate withdrawal of OTCs sales in supermarkets, which is being promoted by United Liberal Demacrats (ULD) as one of their par...
Civic group declared not to partake in Special Commission.
Civic and labour groups including a health related civilian coalition and the Citizen's Coalition for Participatory Democracy declared on May 28 in their statement that they would not take part in the Special Commissi...
Irregular activities still rampant in some pharmacies
Pharmaceutical industry sources say that some large-sized pharmacies with less doctor's prescription and poor OTC sales are being involved in their illegal activities of selling prescription drugs without doctor's pre...
Number of pharmacies up 147 this year
The Health Insurance Review Agency says a total of pharmacies accounted for 18,354 at the end of last April, up 147 from December 2001
Of the medical institutions, tertiary hospitals accounted for 43, general hospi...
Prescription oriented pharmacy to face slow business.
The pharmacy largely relying on the prescription business has faced with serious difficulties because the prescriptions for a long term medication became a declining trend in the issue at medical institutions. The gen...
KPA chairman to propose a self-cleansing body for eradication of drug related irregular activities
Chairman of the Korea Pharmaceutical Association Han Seck-won said in his press interview on May 20 that the Korea Doctors Association (KDA) should immediately stop their denunciation on pharmacists and instead, propo...
New pharmacy to open at other store sites.
In order to avoid high pharmacy rental and goodwill payment when succeeding the existing pharmacy stores or establishing a new pharmacy at sites near medical institutions, a growing number of pharmacies are now taking...
