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The prohibition on advertising prescription drugs does not apply to advertising in professional pharmaceutical media aimed at medical and pharmaceutical experts, or to advertising using media or means of an academic character aimed at such experts.

専門医薬品等の広告禁止の例外として、医学・薬学の専門家等を対象とする医薬専門媒体への広告、および医学・薬学の専門家等を対象とする学術的性格の媒体または手段を用いた広告が認められる。

statuteRules on the Safety of Drugs, etc. (Prime Minister's Ordinance, Korea), article 78(1), items 2 and 3 (in force 2026)checked 2026-09-23

Note
Article 78(1) item 1 also excepts drugs for the prevention of designated infectious diseases. The article text was read through the National Law Information Center article view for this ordinance (lsiSeq 284019); the URL given is the ordinance's stable name-based URL.

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