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Doctors demand OTC drugs in convenience stores
Doctors demanded yesterday the National Assembly pass a bill to revise the Pharmaceutical affairs Law, designed to allow the sale of painkillers and cold medicines, including Tylenol (acetaminophen), at convenience st...
Korea urged to curb healthcare costs through health management programs
Korea has talented doctors and many advanced medical centers, so the country needs to promote the health management programs for more sustainable services, according to a lawmaker.
Citing the data released by the N...
Doctors oppose clinic promotion plan
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) and the government have clashed over a new plan, under which people suffering from chronic illnesses such as diabetes or hypertension will be able to get a discount on their medica...
Insurance-covered herbal medicines should be prescribed by oriental medical doctors
In an age where Western medicine prescribes for a wide range of conditions from depression to colds and flu, and where the often negative side effects of antibiotics, antidepressants, birth control bills and other pot...
Doctors incline to prescribe more drugs by pharmaceutical companies’ peddling
Doctors, who participate in pharmaceutical firms-sponsored promotional meetings or overseas academic conferences financed by pharmaceutical companies, tend to prescribe promoted medicines several times, according to a...
Restrictive OTC drugs are sold at supermarkets
Many supermarkets are selling over-the-counter drugs that should be sold only in pharmacies, according to a recent survey of 120 retail outlet operators conducted by Incheon Pharmacists Association.
The survey note...
Doctors demand more OTC drugs at supermarkets
Doctors demanded yesterday the government revise the law to allow convenience stores and supermarkets to sell more over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.
“We will only talk to the health ministry when they’re ready to r...
Doctors demand OTC drugs in convenience stores
Doctors demanded yesterday the government revise the law to allow convenience stores and supermarkets to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.
“The Korean Pharmaceutical Association is ignoring the need of people...
Doctors, pharmacists clash over drugs
Disputes were rekindled between doctors and pharmacists over medicines during a meeting of a subcommittee meeting of the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tuesday.
The Mi...
Western, oriental doctors clash over oriental medicine promotion law
The National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee Friday approved a bill to nurture the nation’s oriental medicine that includes some doctors’ demands.
However, the tug of war between western and oriental docto...
