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Convenient stores to sell 20 OTC drugs
Twenty over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, including painkillers, cold medicines and some other drugs because they cannot be simply categorized as “non-drugs” due to safety concerns, will be sold at convenience stores from ...
DMF registration and prior drug review systems to be eyed
Drug manufacturers are obliged to register pharmaceutical raw materials in accordance with new DMF (drug master file) registration system. In addition, the government will implement a prior review system of new drugs ...
Drug’s permission renewal to be made compulsory
The state-run drug regulator plans to complete the approval process determining the terms of the drug’s permission renewal, which will come five years after being put to market.
Under the recently revised bill, th...
Health Ministry dismisses reports on nonpharmacy sales
The Ministry of Health and Welfare on Wednesday dismissed recent reports of alleged nonpharmacy sales of nasal refreshers, sex lubricants and cosmetics for treatment of atopic dermatitis, saying no one has any concret...
Government, Alexion spar over Soliris
The Korean government and Alexion Pharmaceuticals, the drug maker that exclusively manufactures Soliris (eculizumab), are walking a tightrope not to irritate each other, but their conflicting needs continue to put the...
Output of functional foods grows 28.2% in 2011
Korea's total output of functional foods grew 9.6 percent on-year in 2011 thanks to surging demand from aging population and keen interest in self-health care, data showed Wednesday.
Production of functional food h...
Health ministry to select 20 OTC drugs
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently unveiled its plan to form a committee of doctors, pharmacists, civic group members and consumers within this month to decide on 20 over-the-counter drugs to be sold at 2...
Government to designate 50 drug makers as innovative pharmaceutical firms
The government plans to designate 50 drug companies as innovative pharmaceutical firms at the end of this month from a total of 88 applicants, the Korea Health Industry Development Institute said Monday.
By applica...
Concerns growing over safety of OTC drugs at remote areas
Consumers will be able to buy 20 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs such as cold medicine at 24-hour convenient stores from November.
The OTC drug sale has been made available as the National Assembly passed a bill allow...
51% of pharmaceutical firms keen on their drug sales related information
50.9 percent of domestic and foreign drug firms are keenly interested in acquiring specific information showing the individual sales records of their drugs in each region, the government report said Monday.
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