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No prosecution despite prevalent business collusion.
Despite the prevalent business collusion between medical institutes and pharmacies after the medical reform program, no single case of prosecution has been made, but number of violation over the pharmacist's free disp...
KFDA Said Efficacy of Supervising Pharmaceutical Affairs was Unsatisfactory
An indication that the activity of supervising pharmaceutical affairs of Korea Food & Drug Administration to strengthen the management of medicine production and distribution was unsatisfactory was raised.
Accordin...
Pharmacy to overload stocks with non-reimbursable drugs
As a result of rescheduling other non-prescription drugs such as digestive enzyme preparations to a non-NHI reimbursement effective from April this year, every pharmacy may face with a stock overload in the amount of ...
"Unfair to Deprive Pharmacists with Student No. 95 & 96 of Qualifications for Oriental Pharmacist"
A court decision came out that it was unfair to deprive pharmacists with student No.95 & 96 of qualifications for Oriental pharmacist examination.
According to this decision, pharmacists with student No. 95 & 96 ca...
2,300 drugs including tonics to put under intensive controls.
The KFDA plans to put 2,300 drugs including top selling consumer drugs such as tonics/nitrients/alteratives under intensive controls, especially for assurance of its rationality and efficiency of the product quality. ...
5% Increase of Health Insurance Premium Not Discussed At All
Ministry of Health & Welfare explained that the content of 5 % increase of health insurance premium some reported had no relation to the reality.
Ministry of Health & Welfare rejected the report, saying that the re...
KFDA Said Quality Inappropriateness Rate of Medicines was 28.7%
As a result of pharmaceutical supervision for medicines, it was shown that the most cases were excessive advertisements and the production inappropriateness rate of medicines was 28.7%.
According to the result of 2...
"Problem of Stock Medicines Caused by Frequent Change of Prescriptions"
Kim Won-gil, minister at Ministry of Health & Welfare, pointed out saying, "The problem of stock medicines at pharmacies is caused by doctors' immoral frequent change of their prescriptions, too."
Minister Kim expl...
3.2 Pharmacies Closed - 4.5 Hospitals Opened
It was known that 3.2 pharmacies decreased and 4.5 hospitals increased a day on the average for the effect of medical & pharmaceutical separation, which shows a comparison between pharmacy and hospital.
According t...
Confusing legal interpretation over premise use changes for annexed pharmacy
A public attention has piled up on the fact that each court made different judges over the authorization standards for establishment of the annexed pharmacy on the land or building of hospitals after its legal use cha...
