KDI backs OTC selling at supermarkets

The government will need to allow supermarket to sell OTC products, it will enable drug makers to compete within a more open distribution channel, according to the Korea Development Institute.

In a forum organized by Rep. Shim Jae-chul of the ruling Grand National Party, Dr. Yoon Hee-sook said that if it becomes easy to get access to generic drugs at supermarkets, there will be some improvem...