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KMA to conduct survey on separation of drug dispensing from medical practice
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) plans to conduct a survey of its members over the current system of separating drug dispensing from medical practice, with an aim to improve the system.
However, sources say the...
Big 5 hospitals to benefit from new drug-pricing reform
A lawmaker said on October 22 that the annual revenues of the local 5 major hospitals from the cash reward plan, which takes effect from this month, are expected to reach 660 billion won in total.
Park Eun-soo of t...
Natural vitamins vs. synthetic
A significant number of the vitamins you will find on the pharmacy shelves these days are made synthetically through chemical processes, rather than derived directly from plants or other materials, although some manuf...
Song likely to be renamed as head of hospital pharmacists group
Song Bo-wan, incumbent president of the Hospital Pharmacists Association, is expected to be remained as the next president in the forthcoming general meeting on November 5, according to sources.
Song, who is concur...
Nexavar improves survival in liver cancer
According to a press release from Bayer Healthcare, which was held to mark the 5-year launching of Nexavar (sorafenib) in Korea, the medication appears to improve overall survival among patients with hepatocellular ca...
Seoul holds ISSM business meeting
The 14th ISSM (International Society for Sexual Medicine) Business Meeting will take place at COEX Convention Center in Seoul from 26 to 30 September 2010, according to an organizer.
The program for this meeting wi...
Health experts raise concern over drug side-effects
Many health experts warned that overuse or misuse of the liquid can be fatal and that doctors should take extra care with it, state-funded broadcaster KBS said in a program aired on September 1.
Siting several drug...
System of separating drug dispensing from medical practice should be re-evaluated, doctors say
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) is considering conducting the public consensus survey on the division of medical and pharmaceutical services in October to re-evaluate the effects of such division since its introdu...
Hospitals, pharmacies slammed for prescription collusion
Medical institutions, including hospitals and clinics, have been involved in 44 cases of collusion with pharmacies for the past 4 years, according to a lawmaker.
Rep. Sohn Sook-mi of the ruling Grand National Party s...
5 medical associations calls for banning unlicensed medical practices
The nation’s five medical organizations, including the Association of Korean Oriental Medicine, has been insisting that unlicensed individuals should be banned from engaging in medical practices to protect the health ...
