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225 pipelines of biologics being developed in Korea
There were reportedly 225 cases of clinical trials for biologics being developed in Korea.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS), there were ongoing clinical trials for total 225 products at the end...
5 revision bills to Pharmaceutical Affairs Law passed Bill Examination Subcommittee
5 revision bills to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, including License Revocation from Pharmacists with Mental Illness, passed.
The Health and Welfare Committee held a bill examination subcommittee at a meeting room(R...
World’s top condom manufacturing company Ansell enter Korea with ‘LifeStyles’
Ansell, the world’s top condom manufacturing company which makes about 2.2 billion condoms a year, will land on Korea with its condom brand ‘LifeStyles.’
Ansell with a history of 110 years is the oldest condom maker ...
Bulim Pharm sweeps Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital’s tenders of annual KRW 60 billion medicine supply
Bulim Pharm made a sweep of the wins at tenders for university hospitals in the Busan area.
At the Pusan National University Yangsan Hospital’s medicine tender on the 19th for an yearly amount of medicines worth of K...
Keytruda Inj and Opdivo Inj approved promptly for off-label use
The Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service(President Seung-Taek Kim, HIRA) decided to approve off-label uses of Keytruda Inj(generic name: pembrolizumab) and Opdivo Inj(generic name: nivolumab), immune checkpoin...
Pharmaceutical distribution association raises pressure level on pharmas’ unfair behaviors
The pharmaceutical distribution industry will raise a level of pressure on pharmaceutical companies’ unfair behaviors through the National Assembly and the government.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Associatio...
Expert Committee, ‘We accepts importance of creating legal bases for off-label uses’
Importance of creating a revision bill to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, which create a base to evaluate safety and efficacy about off-label use of pharmaceutical drugs, was accepted.
Young-Hwan Seok, a senior exper...
3 of 10 Seoul taxi drivers have diabetes or expected to have diabetes
3 of 10 taxi drivers in the Seoul area reportedly have diabetes or are expected to have diabetes.
The Diabetic Association of Korea conducted a project to measure blood sugar on Seoul taxi drivers for 2 times between...
Rep. Joo-Hong Hwang tables bill to abolish MFDS
A bill was proposed to abolish the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) and transfer its work other governmental bodies.
People’s Party Rep. Joo-Hong Hwang representatively tabled the ‘Partial Revision Bill to the ...
KPDA focusing efforts on revising Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to fundamentally prevent unfair act using directly invested distribution companies
The Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Association(KPDA) decided to concentrate on revising the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law to fundamentally prevent unfair acts created by distribution companies directly invested by med...
