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Restriction-free OTC medicines displease drug makers
The deregulation of 48 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs as “quasi-drugs,” is seen as a much needed move for the domestic industry, but not everyone is going to benefit from it.
With a wider sales platform, pharmaceutic...
KFDA seeking to reclassify 17 prescription drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration’s attempt to permit sales of prescription drugs without prescription was crushed Tuesday as representatives of pharmacists and doctors failed to reach an agreement.
Instead, t...
New Levitra dissolvable tablets go on sale
Bayer Healthcare has recently released a new dissolvable erectile dysfunction tablet called Levitra ODT (Orodispersible). This is a new type of pill that melts in mouth to treat male impotence.
“Patients will find...
Doctors, pharmacists likely to clash over drug reclassification
A turf war between pharmacists and doctors over who sells what drug is becoming fierce, ahead of a policy-setting meeting today.
Pharmacists, doctors and officials representing civic groups are scheduled to discuss...
Zuellig Pharma still threatening
When Zuellig Pharma, a regional distributor of pharmaceutical and health care products, established a subsidiary in Korea in 2000, hundreds of local wholesalers went up in arms against the new entrant seeing it as a t...
Medication bill for kidney cancer patients will go down
The drug costs that individuals will have to shoulder for treatment of advanced renal cancer will go down thanks to the recent agreement between the National Health Insurance Corp. (NHIC) and Novartis Korea.
The in...
Only 1% of people visit pharmacy at nighttime
Less than 1 percent of people visit drug stores during midnight, according to a recent survey of 7,248 citizens in Incheon, conducted by Incheon Pharmacists Association between June 20 and July 9.
More than 60 perc...
Doctors demand OTC drugs in convenience stores
Doctors demanded yesterday the government revise the law to allow convenience stores and supermarkets to sell over-the-counter (OTC) medicines.
“The Korean Pharmaceutical Association is ignoring the need of people...
Pharmacists stage rally over OTC medicines
The government's move to allow supermarkets and convenient stores to sell 44 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs has provoked criticism from pharmacists.
Pharmacists rallied on Friday at the conference hall of the Korea I...
Drug firms showing lukewarm response over restriction-free OTC products
Despite the health ministry’s pledge to allow 44 over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, including the popular tonic Bacchus-D, to be sold at supermarkets and convenience stores as early as August, pharmaceutical companies ...
