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Pharmacy colleges' long-cherished six-year courses plan comes to fruition
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With the recent announcement from the Ministry of Health and Welfare that colleges offering pharmaceutical degrees in Korea will increase the present four-year study period to six years from the 2007 a...
Pharmacy school plan to extend pharmacology curriculum agreed
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association and the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine agreed on the plan to increase the present four-year study period to six years, starting in the 2007 academic year, according to th...
Extend curriculum of pharmacy college unlikely affect oriental doctors
In the meeting with Chairman Ahn Jae-kyu of the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine on June 20, Chairman Won Hee-mok of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association reiterated that when the pharmacy college curriculum is...
Government to streamline food safety regulations and policies
With mounting public outcry over food safety standards, fueled by the so-called garbage dumplings scandal, which surfaced last week, the government plans to set up a new food safety committee designed to incorporate a...
Pharmaceutical community team up to implement 6-year pharmacy college education system
The pharmaceutical community agreed recently to place the controversial 6-year pharmacy college education system under a top priority, according to the Committee for Korea Pharmacy College.
The move came after Heal...
Korean Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to meet global standards
The national pharmaceutical affairs laws and rules will be amended to bring them on a par with global standards, Korea Food and Drug Administration said on June 14.
The KFDA noted that the proposed large-scale amen...
KGSP-accredited wholesalers top 1,406
As of June 14, 2004, there are a total of KGSP-accredited wholesalers totaled 1,406 firms accredited as Korea Good Supply Practice (KGSP) system, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
Since the syste...
Drug identification system on capsules to take place in 2005
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on June 12 that to avoid confusion and minimize the financial burden of domestic manufacturers (or importers), the news drug identification system on pharmaceutically-identi...
Health Ministry pushes ahead with 6-year pharmacy college education system
While the proposed 6-year pharmacy college education plan has hit snag due to the vehement opposition of the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine (KOMA) during the recent three-way meeting between government, the K...
123 wholesalers in Seoul, Kyeonggi and Kangwon to check GSP
Seoul Pharmaceutical Wholesale Association announced to do a preliminary KGSP check from June 11 against 123 wholesalers in Seoul, the North part of Kyeonggi and Kangwon province who were subjected to the post supervi...
