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Light penalty against violation of functional food productions.
The KFDA imposed a business shut-down penalty against the case where the functional health foods were produced in the drug facility without a due approval in the past, but put punishment with a shut-down of only the h...
Start-up firm finds salt-free sibutramine
CTC Bio, a Korean venture start-up, said it has acquired a new patent for salt-free sibutramine it claims can demonstrate an equal absorption rate compared with an original anti-obesity agent.
We will carry out mor...
HANS BIOMED, Ildong sign silicone gel sheet
HANS BIOMED has signed a strategic agreement with Ildong Pharm so that Ildong will exclusively distribute HANS BIOMED’s own self-adhesive get sheet, Scar Clinic, for treating both existing and new scars in Korea.
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Digital Biotech on pre-clinical study for new anti-Arzheimer drug.
Digital Biotech Inc. has launched a pre-clinical study for the new candidated drug in the treatment of Arzheimeer disease, The mode of the drug action blocks an aggregation of toxic protein called beta-amyloids and de...
Statins recommended for hyperlipidemic patients
“If pharmacologic therapy is insufficient after therapeutic life changes in patients with hyperlipidemia, lipid-lowering agents (e.g., statins) should be chosen based on the specific lipoprotein disorder presentation ...
KFDA to mull over Bio equivalency retest and GMP inspection.
It is said that the KFDA is seriously considering to determine the re-test of the bio equivalency for the total 200 drugs that were found uninterpretable from their destroyed computer data and the GMP inspection for t...
KFDA denies PPA related prescription
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) squelched a report by a lawmaker that 84 hospitals and clinics nationwide have still prescribed phenylpropanolamine (PPA), an ingredient that may cause hemorrhagic strokes...
Pharmaceutical output totals 9.7 trillion won in 2005
Korea's drug production reached 9.7 trillion won in 2005, according to the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association.
The figure is equivalent to about 1.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), up fro...
Small drug package ruling provision likely to pass on Oct. 21.
According to a reliable source in the pharmaceutical industry, it is very likely for the small drug package regulation to pass through at the Deregulation Council on Oct. 21 after fully enforcing the new provision fro...
Viagra clinical study proved of its erectile and orgasm increase.
A clinical study showed that the impotence drug improved the hardness of penile erection for men and the increase of orgasm for women
Prof. Kim Se-cheol of Choongang Univ.l hospital studied for 105 impotence men ag...
