Medical data on 44 million Koreans sold abroad

Another massive personal information leakage in Korea has come to light, this time not by hackers but in a for-profit business deal.A joint governmental investigation team announced on Thursday that it is prosecuting the president of the Korean…

Pretty Pills Preferred: Medicine Color Influences Drug Compliance

  SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Research says that if medicine is made in the color a patient likes, the patient’s ‘drug compliance’ could go up. Drug compliance is the degree to which a patient follows the…

Oriental medicine may help treat MERS

Oriental medicine may help treat MERS   By Lee Seung-hun  Right now, it would not be an exaggeration to state that the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) outbreak is the single largest issue in Korea.  Unfortunately,…

KYPG PLUS DAY

Reference:  http://eng.kpanet.or.kr/bbs/desc.jsp?cat=eng_news&oid=17648&pg=0 --- Korean Young Pharmacist Group (KYPG) held the 3rd PLUS DAY for the purpose of promoting the communication and mutual exchange of information…

The 63th National License Examination for Pharmacists

Reference: http://eng.kpanet.or.kr/bbs/desc.jsp?cat=eng_news&oid=17649&pg=0 --- Total 1,614 examinees passed the National License Examination for Pharmacists conducted on January 17.   National Health Professional…

Report on Drug Sales Outside pharmacies in Korea

7 November 2011 Effort of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association The KPA is making various possible efforts to satisfy the two social demands - safe purchase of drugs and convenient purchase of drugs. In the year 2010, the night shift pharmacy…

The 34th Korean Women Pharmacists Convention

7 November 2011 The 34th Korean Women Pharmacists Convention was held at Alpensia Resort, Pyung-Chang in Korea on 24th of September, 2011. There were 1,200 women pharmacists who came from all over the country. This convention was meaningful…

International Symposia were Held to Build a Safety System of OTC Medicines in Korea

7 November 2011 Safety system takes precedence rather than OTC medicines sales outside pharmacies In Korea, there were two international symposia which mainly discussed safety of OTC (over-the-counter) medicines on 23rd August and 15th September,…

KYPG “Opened Symposium Regarding Pharmacist Future”

7 November 2011   The KYPG (Korean Young Pharmacist Group in KPA) published analysis report of Galbally Review in Australia & Result of Survey to citizen regarding Pre-Market medicine in Motoo seminar room in Seoul at Aug.17.2011.   This…

Counterfeit activity in Korea pharmaceutical association

Counterfeit activity in Korea pharmaceutical association Korea pharmaceutical association collaborate six organizations to counterfeit issue.  Six organizations are pharmaceutical association, FDA, Pharmaceutical manufacturing association,…