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Adult drugs found in baby formula
Tablets or capsules for adult use were found in a baby formula in the dispensing process using an automatic packaging machine, according to a public center in Seoul.
There have been similar complaints about impurit...
Pharmaceutical affairs law to change
The government will legislate a plan to expand the scope of a drug master file (DMF) system on pharmaceutical bulk materials subject to notification in its bid to ensure better quality and reliance of locally manufact...
National Assembly nods a bill to extend tax benefits for drug R&D outlays
The National Assembly passed a bill to extend a sunset period of drug R&D expenditures related to a special tax law for three years, providing the domestic pharmaceutical industry with tax benefits of 283.4 billion wo...
Drug industry still put OTC business with second priority.
Most of the company employees in charge of the OTC business experienced with an empty feeling in their job satisfaction this year too.
Since one to two years after the implementation of the medical and pharmacy ro...
Prescribing doctors must explain for prescription in questions.
A legal obligation for prescribing doctors to explain the prescriptions in question if raised by dispensing pharmacists seems to be legislated this year.
For this issue President Won Hee-mok of KPA met with Rep. Ch...
2188 oriental medicines to be reviewed in 2009
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said on January 3 it plans to re-evaluate a total of 2,188 oriental medicines from 31 therapeutic categories in 2009.
- Drugs acting on nervous system and sensory org...
Multinational drug giants go for dual in Korean pharmaceutical market
This year, competition is about to heat up in the Korean pharmaceutical market as a growing number of new products would be launched by foreign drug makers.
GSK is about to set foot in the market with its newly dev...
Discontent of SDI function growing
The majority of the Korean public is discontented with the current SDI (separation of drug dispensing from medical practice), according to the recent survey.
According the results of a poll by Professor Han Joon o...
Green Cross names new president
Green Cross Corporation has appointed Hur Jae-hoi as its new president.
A graduate of Yonsei University having a bachelor degree of biochemistry, Hur has held a variety of positions at Green Cross after joining the...
Yuyu filed patent lawsuit for Maxmarvil against MSD.
Yuyu filed a lawsuit against Merck company of America to identify the scope of patent claims for Maxmarvil (alendronate sodium plus calcitriol), which attracts a keen interest to the drug industry in viewing that the ...
