News About: Pharm. Affairs
Organization of the National Health Insurance Corporation set up.
The MOHW made it clear on April 20 that the National Medical Insurance organization which was scheduled to merge in July would be changed from the current second stage system, the headquarter and the branches, to a th...
Drug makers jointly share informations about unfair trade acts.
The KPMA took a meeting of the Fair Trade Order Commission on April 10, and agreed that all member companies would jointly to share any informations about irrational drug trade deals transacted between drug suppliers ...
Pharmacy community sensitively concerns about remnant drug stocks
The pharmacy communities will hardly make a successful settlement in their management against the government separation plan of medical and pharmacy practice unless they sufficiently stock the prescription drugs, comp...
Grand debate on early settlement of separation plan proposed by KPA.
President Kim Hee-joong of the KPA had a professional press meeting on March 23, just 100 days to go for the launching of the government medical and pharmacy separation plan, and stated that the separation plan be a r...
Disease and classification code number on prescription not required.
The KMA submitted a recommendation letter to the MOHW covering that the disease and classification code number on the prescription format would be removed as claimed by the pharmacist association. The KMA also transmi...
3000 pharmacists rally for their survival
3,000 pharmacists from Seoul KPA members and Kyunggido Association demonstrated at the Kwachon government office complex at 2 p.m. March 19, demanding detailed implementation schedules of the government medical and ph...
Pharmacies on hot fever in scouting hospital pharmacists
Large sized pharmacies located around near general hospitals are trying to scout experienced hospital pharmacists to prepare dispensing medication on hospital prescriptions issued by physicians under the new medical a...
Management in town corner pharmacies to be supported
Minister Cha of MOHW stated by his open letter addressed to the KPA on Mar. 22 that a successful launching of the government medical and pharmacy separation plan as scheduled from July 1 this year would require thorou...
Pharmacist's rally on March 19 planned for keeping their rights to live.
Seoul KPA took a meeting in participation of 24 district representatives at the Seoul KPA meeting room on March 19, and decided that about 5,000 pharmacists will gather together at Kwachon government united office co...
KPA distributed list of frequently prescribing drugs to members.
The pharmacist's association (KPA) is going to prepare and distribute a CD containing frequently prescribing drugs in medical institutes closely associated with the Korea Medical Insurance Corporation to help member p...