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BMS Korea appoint two medical doctors
BMS Korea, a Korean unit of US-based Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, has appointed two doctors as part of its efforts to strengthen its medical marketing activities.
Lee Kyung-mi, 33, was formerly medical advisor of ...
22% hospital pharmacists leaving jobs every year
22% of hospital pharmacists have opted for job-quitting on average in 71 hospitals across the nation within a year, according to a survey published by the Korean Society of Health System Pharmacists.
The survey sho...
Medical costs for elderly patients top 1.7 trillion won in 2007
The treatment costs for patients with illnesses associated with old age surged 192.5 percent from 580 billion won in 2004 to total 1.7 trillion won in 2007, according to the National Health Insurance Corporation.
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119 hospital unions to stage general strike
The Korea Health & Medical Workers’ Union says its 119 hospital unions nationwide will take part in the walkout on July 23. They are scheduled to vote on whether to stage a strike this year on July 16.
The union de...
Doctors protest new prescription planDoctors are opposing a new rule which they claim will reduce their voice in patients' choices of pharmaceuticals.
Under the new plan, medical doctors will have to make prescr...
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Doctors discloses 576 items associated with alleged bioequivalence data fabrication
The Korea Medical Association finally disclosed a list of 576 generic drugs involved in faked bioequivalence data in a recent forum.
According to the KMA, 103 substances from 93 pharmaceutical firms are associated ...
Doctor to hold debate forum over new prescription plan
The Korea Medical Association (KMA) plans to hold its open forum over the government’s new prescription plan on June 28.
Under the new plan, medical doctors will have to make prescriptions listing only chemical ing...
Doctors opposes early implementation of pharmacy college’s six-year course plan
The Korean Medical Association (KMA) says it has strongly opposed the earlier implementation of pharmacy college’s six-year from next year.
The doctors’ group said in a statement that the government should withdraw...
Doctors seeking to implement two-dimensional barcode project
The Korean Medical Association plans to set up a new committee aiming to independently implement the standardized drug bar-code (KD code) for prescription.
The KMP said in a statement that the new barcode project s...
Local society calls for insurance revision over hyperlipidemic treatment
The current health insurance allowance for the treatment of hyperlipidemia needs to be revised depending on the levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol, instead of total cholesterol levels, according to th...
