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Website provides information on medical facilities
The Medical Network Tomorrow has recently established a website “Medi Sumer” to provide basic information on hospitals as part of the medical network service (MNS).
With this website, visitors can access each hospi...
KMA files petition to court
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) said Tuesday it submitted a petition to the Seoul Central District Court to deal prudently with two doctors who allegedly took kickbacks from Dong-A Pharmaceutical in exchange for t...
Hospitals calls for government to meddle with earlier drug payment
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) has recently asked for the government and lawmakers to actively step in to resolve a deepening feud between hospitals and wholesalers over an earlier settlement of unpaid drug acco...
Turf war brewing between medical doctors and oriental medicine doctors
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) strongly oriental medicine doctors making a claim to the government in its statement released last Sunday.
The Association of Korean Oriental Medicine (AKOM) has demanded the g...
Government’s drug rebate crackdown ignites doctors’ outrage
Doctors have expressed their outrage over the government as over 100 practicing doctors are facing judicial action for taking kickbacks from Dong-A Pharmaceutical, the country’s biggest drug manufacturer.
A dual pu...
Oriental and Western medicine camps clash over prescription of herbal drugs
Disputes are arising between Oriental and Western pharmacists over who gets the right to prescribe herbal medicines to patients.
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) criticized the Oriental medicine circle o...
Oriental medical professors calls for oriental medicines to be covered by health insurance
People will be more easily able to buy inexpensive Oriental medicines as the government and the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine will push ahead with a plan to test-run oriental medicines, which will be covered...
Dispute over generic dispensing rekindled
Dispute has erupted recently between doctors and pharmacists over who gets the right to prescribe generic drugs to patients.
The controversy came as the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) sent its official let...
Pharmacists blast doctors’ claim over in-hospital drug dispensing for outpatients
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) strongly denounced doctors renewing their claim to in-hospital drug dispensing for outpatients in the midst of strained bilateral ties.
“We request that a related claim ...
Doctors’ irresponsible remarks causes pharmacists to look to new PR campaign
Growing slanderous remarks by the Korean Medical Association (KMA) over the discrepancy between claimed insurance reimbursement and supplied drugs in pharmacy has prodded the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) to...
