Industry concern rises over the spread of the medical strike
By Kim, Jin-Gu | translator Kang, Shin-Kook
24.06.14 05:59:00
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KMA warns of a general strike on the 18th...The Big 5 and other major hospitals make moves to participate in the collective strike
Concerns that ‘loss in Q2 is inevitable' spreads..." De facto emergency management system in place"
"Difficult to introduce new products”…MRs in charge of sales at general hospitals “do nothing”
▲Some large hospitals are restricting access to pharmaceutical company employees’ access in the wake of a medical gap created by their resident doctors’ leave of absence.
The pharmaceutical industry's situation worsens as the medical community is threatening to take a collective leave of absence due to conflict with the government over increasing medical school admissions.
There are voices that say if the leave of absence, which is being made by doctors and some medical professors, spreads throughout the medical community, it will inevitably affect the industry’s Q2 performance results.
There are already reports of companies predicting operating losses for their second quarter and some entering a state of emergency management. Medical representatives (MRs) in charge of general hospitals are on the verge of nervous breakdown, being unable to meet
Kim, Jin-Gu(kjg@dailypharm.com)
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