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Disease treated the most with clinical trial drugs is respiratory disorder like lung cancer
In order to extend treatment opportunities for life-threatening patients in emergency and patients with no other option for their treatment, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) started the ‘Use Approval of Clin...
MOHW starts to select innovative pharmaceutical companies for the 4th time
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister Neung-Hoo Park, MOHW) and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute announced on the 27th that they would take applications for ‘innovative pharmaceutical company’ bet...
Will the drug serial number system be enforced next January?
It seems there is a high chance for the drug serial number system to be enforced as expected after the administrative grace period at the end of this month.
Recently, Health and Welfare Minister Neung-Hoo Park has sh...
Injections for nutrient purpose to be excluded from subject to registration of active pharmaceutical ingredient
Injections for the nutrient purpose will be put off from registration of active pharmaceutical ingredient.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced on the 24th that the ministry officially notices a parti...
“Adjustment of emergency household medicines must be decided at deliberative committee”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) weighted the deliberative committee for adjustment of the emergency household medicine list by repeatedly announcing to adjust these products based on its meeting results in th...
MFDS approves 2 AI-based medical devices developed in Korea
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced approval of the AI-powered medical image analysis software ‘Lunit INSIGHT’ and the AI-based stroke diagnostic supporting system ‘JBS-01K’ developed by ‘Lunit’ and ‘JLK IN...
‘3-month license suspension’ for providing narcotics without prescription
A new revision bill will be established to the Medical Law to revise regulations, such as 3-month license suspension for administering and providing narcotics and antipsychotics without doctors’ prescription.
The re...
MFDS to reevaluate 2,515 products of 263 medical devices
2,515 products of 265 manufactured and imported medical devices will be reevaluated next year.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced a plan to reevaluate 2,515 Grade 2,3 & 4 medical device products in ...
“Korean biopharmaceutical companies should use U.S. federal government’s R&D support programs”
It was suggested it would be important for Korean biopharmaceutical companies to actively use the Federal Government of the United States’ R&D support program.
Jung-Min Lee at Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency(...
Government, “We’ll review the suggestion of disposing waste medicines by local governments”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) will consider adding ‘expansion of collecting sites’ into the waste medicine disposal plan by local government for safe use of medicines.
The ministry also announced to review...
