South Korea’s Wider OTC Access Excludes Painkillers, Cough/Cold Products
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
South Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare will allow 44 OTC drug and nutritional products, excluding painkillers, cough/cold products and other common OTCs, to be sold outside of pharmacies.
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