Flat rate system of the patient’s …

Flat rate system of the patient’s co-payment to the small amount medical fees In general, patients should pay 30% of the total medical fee in pharmacy and clinic, 40% in hospital, 50% in general hospital as co payment but government regulated…

Patient Information

Patient Information for anti-smoking Picture:    Source: http://www.nichiyaku.or.jp/index.html

Model case issuance of generic …

Model case issuance of generic prescription Generally doctors like to prescribe medicine with brand name in Korea and it is not an easy job for pharmacists to do generic substitution during their own dispensing. National Medical Center starts…

March 2009 Country Report

March 2009 Country Report Attachment:Country Report - Korea.pdf

Country Reports from July WPPF Meeting

The WPPF Executive Meeting was held in Tokyo, Japan, July of this year and to find out the latest news from each country in our region, click source to download their country reports. Source: https://wppf.org/images/stories/Korea-July09-Country_Report.pdf…

New executive board members of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association

New executive board members of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association The new executive board members of the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) during the term of new president's tenure (March 2010 ~ February 2013) were elected.

Pharmaceutical Association Congress

2004 Oct 10 -11 The 37th Pharmaceutical Association Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science, Aomori, Japan Source: http://www.nichiyaku.or.jp/contents/gakujyutu/default.html

PHARMACY EDUCATION

Pharmacist training in Japan is currently 4 years, shorter than most other countries. There has been growing concern that the length of training is not sufficient to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to immediately start working after…

KPA ‘Let’s Share Abilities’ Campaign

Making an Agreement on a 'Let's Share Abilities' Campaign Korean Pharmaceutical Association (President Kim Koo) and Korea Council of Volunteering made an agreement on a 'Let's Share Abilities' campaign on February 3rd and promised that they…

New policy of prescription drugs

At the end of last year, a government study group proposed a new policy on the sale of drugs. From this new policy, the government has allowed the sale of drugs in the absence of pharmacists between the hours of 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., provided that…