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Doctors prescribe 21.9 % of high-priced drugs in first half
Doctors in medical institutions prescribed 21.9 percent of expensive medicines in the first half of this year, showing a 1.3 percent decrease compared with 23.2 percent in 2010, according to the Health, Insurance Revi...
KDLC selects 3 candidates
Korea Drug Logistic Cooperative for small- and medium-sized wholesalers said Monday it has selected three potential buyers to buy a controlling stake in the cooperative, as part of its efforts to promote the domestic ...
Degenerative disc disease rising
A growing number of Koreans are experiencing degenerative disc disease, a condition that can be painful and can greatly affect the quality of one's life, health officials said yesterday.
According to the National H...
OTC drug sales unlikely
The parliamentary approval of over-the-counter drug sales outside pharmacies, such as painkillers and cold drugs, is unlikely to be made available, with the ruling and opposition parties seeking to delay putting the b...
Revision of pharmaceutical affair law to be delayed
The National Assembly’s Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Committee failed to post a bill to revise the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, designed to allow the sale of painkillers and cold medicines at convenience stores, ...
Drugmakers stage large-scale rally against government’s drug price reform
Tens of thousands of domestic drug makers staged a mass rally on Nov. 18 to protest what they claim are senseless drug price cuts.
According to the Korean Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association Friday, about 10,0...
4 candidates to crash head-on in February election
At least four potential candidates will race to run for the next president of the Korea Pharmaceutical Whosaler Association, political pundits claim.
The possible candidates include incumbent KPDA president Lee Han...
5 leading logistics distributors being contested
A total of Korea’s five large logistics distributors are competing to become three potential buyers to buy a controlling stake in the cooperative, according to an organizer of the Korea Drug Logistics Cooperative.
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Pharmacists to run more 24-hour pharmacies
The Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) said it plans to designate more pharmacies that will open for 24 hours a day in each district nationwide.
The KPA noted that the plan is designed to help consumers buy o...
Humidifier sterilizers to be designated as quasi-drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Friday that sterilizers in home humidifiers will be designated as quasi-drugs after concluding they caused a mysterious lung disease that resulted in the death of a number of pr...
