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Illegal Ads for Pharmaceutical Sales via Internet Increasingly Rampant

SEOUL, Oct. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Online ads for unauthorized pharmaceutical sales over the internet have increased substantially in recent years, according to a lawmaker Thursday. The number of reported cases of illegal online ads for prescription drugs reached 37,343 as of 2019, up 49.8 percent from 2016, Rep. Ko Young-in of the ruling Democratic [...]

Gov’t Takes Steps to Prevent Abuse of Prescription Drugs

SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is taking steps to prevent the abuse of prescription drugs by enabling doctors to check if patients are attempting to obtain excessive quantities of the drugs. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced on Thursday that it will launch a special-purpose information network to deter patients [...]