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District court: simple standardized herbal stuffs are not a drug.
So far a standardized herbal stuff has been regarded as a drug in the pharmacy circles, but a district court recently decided it not a drug, giving a lot of aftermath to the pharmacy communities where selling the herb...
2 in 10 diabetic patients with little recognition on potential risk of triglyceride
Two out of every 10 patients with diabetes do not recognize the potential risk of triglyceride, an important cause and/or contributor to heart disease, according to a recent survey.
The personal-interview survey of...
Korea, US begin two-day dialogue over pharmaceutical pricing
Korea and the United States started two-day talks in Singapore on August 21, focusing mainly on procedural matters regarding Korea's new drug pricing policy.
The second round of the formal FTA talks that took place...
Reduction of generics' pricing is not acceptable, says KPMA
The price cut of generic products is not negotiable and acceptable as it is an independent issue from the ongoing Korea-United States free trade agreement, the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (KPMA) sai...
Multinational clinical studies may not require bridge tests.
The bridge test could be exempted when the local drug company conducted a multinational clinical studies at the time of new drug development, and it is possible for any new drugs developed in the overseas to conduct m...
SK Chemical "Trust Patch" completed health registration in China.SK Chemical announced that the health registration of "SK Trust patch" was completed from the State Food & Drug Administraion of China as of Aug. 21 by taking a complicated proc...
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US to seek patent extension of new drugs in free trade talks
Observers have raised the possibility of the United States seeking an extension of its patent on new drugs in a two-day dialogue on pharmaceuticals and medical equipment in Singapore to jump-start the free trade accor...
EU remains Korea's top drug market
The European Union (EU) is emerging as the largest export market for Korean pharmaceuticals in the years ahead amid declining sales in the South Asian market due to the won's strength, an industry sources said r...
CTD guidelines for new drug registration to be adopted soon.
The new common technical document (CTD) guidelines for the drug registration documentation will be adopted pretty soon in Korea.
The KFDA announced on Aug.. 17 that the introduction of the CTD guidelines should not...
Sky-rocketed drug prices
If Korea accepts the request of United States to extend a three-year increase of drug patents in Korea, which means U.S. drug companies would have more time to monopolize the domestic drug market with their new medici...
