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Feud surfaces between drugmakers, wholesalers over survival
Tensions are high between pharmaceutical firms and wholesalers as drug companies have begun looking to make fundamental changes to their business strategies amid gloomy outer circumstances igniting the biggest crisis ...
Pharmacists unveil new cooperative
The Aropa Pharmacist Cooperative held an inaugural meeting at the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) building in Seoul, Sunday, to promote pharmacist’s rights and status.
The cooperative elected Yoo Chang-shik...
Pharmacists seek to open first cooperative
Pharmacy owners have joined forces to open their first cooperative called ‘Aropa’ to strengthen the community pharmacy’s competitiveness amid the business slump.
A pharmacist group Yakjoonmo said Thursday that an i...
Returned small package drugs are headache for wholesalers
Wholesalers in Seoul are in dilemma on how to deal with small-packet medicines returned by pharmacies, although the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KMA) asked for the Seoul Wholesaler Association (SWA) to receive a...
Clear description for medical chart are compulsory
Starting in October, doctors will be obliged to clearly describe the medical chart, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.
According to a revised regulation on doctors, which will come into effect in Oct...
Cha Bio & Disotech eyes foreign hospital
Cha Bio & Diostech is negotiating with a foreign hospital for a possible takeover.
However, the company refused to elaborate on the takeover in its regulatory filing on Thursday, saying it will make public after th...
Orient Bio breaks ground for new transplant research center
Orient Bio Inc., which operates in the biotechnology business here, broke ground on Tuesday to set up a new organ transplant research center in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province.
The company announced that it plans ...
Big drug companies boosting R&D spending
Leading pharmaceutical companies have been spending more on research and development (R&D) projects to strengthen their technology leadership.
According to Yakup.com, a pharmaceutical information portal, Hanmi Phar...
Korea to join international pharmaceutical regulatory group
Korea applied for a membership of the Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention and Cooperation Scheme (PIC/S), an international forum for the exchange of regulatory information about pharmaceutical products, in April, acc...
Pharmacy training period set at 8 weeks
Students at the nation’s 35 pharmacology colleges will be obliged to complete the 8-week training course at pharmacy stores.
Representatives from the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) and the Korean Associati...
