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Community pharmacy owners to face bankruptcy
The Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to allow supermarkets and convenient stores to cover over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, including cough drops, pain killers and digestives.
Consumer groups have long called for a...
CJ holds launching seminar for authorized generic of Singlair
CJ Cheil Jedang said Tuesday that it held a launching seminar for Lukair (montelukast), the US based MSD’s authorized generic.
Lukair is a leukotriene receptor antagonist used for the maintenance treatment of asthm...
Portal claim system for treatment charge to be available from June 29
The Health Insurance Review Assessment and Service said Thursday it will operate its own portal system so that all of hospitals and pharmacies nationwide can directly claim their health insurance charges to the HIRA f...
3 doctors arrested on bribery charge
Three doctors and other seven health providers have been arrested on suspicion of receiving illegal rebate from a pharmaceutical company, the Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
According to ...
FTC to formulate international guideline on drug rebate
The nation’s antitrust agency said Wednesday that it will draft an international guideline on drug rebate as part of efforts to place curbs on the local pharmaceutical industry giving rebates to hospitals and doctors....
Pharmacists file suit to nullify drug dispensing/management fee cuts
Pharmacists said yesterday that it filed a lawsuit against the Health Ministry to nullify the government's decision to reduce drug dispensing/management fee from July.
In a press briefing, Kangdong Pharmacist Assoc...
Dispensing fee cuts will hurt pharmacy sector
Pharmacies near the large hospitals could lose up to 8 million won if drug dispensing/management fee is to be reduced from July.
A market watcher said that these pharmacies are expected to suffer at least a 3-milli...
Pharmacists call for medical treatment cuts
Five local pharmacists associations carried an advertisement, demanding that the government take steps to lower escalating medical treatment charges.
In an advertisement carried in Chosun Ilbo, a local newspaper da...
Doctors, pharmacists clash over drugs
Disputes were rekindled between doctors and pharmacists over medicines during a meeting of a subcommittee meeting of the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council at the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Tuesday.
The Mi...
Government to reclassify 10 OTC drugs
The Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council at the Ministry of Health and Welfare will have another meeting on July 1 to discuss the sale of non-prescription drugs at places other than pharmacies.
The Ministry of He...
