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1,200 health foods to be newly licensed within July
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced that as of July 5, 623 health foods from 124 firms was newly licensed and the number is expected to reach 1,200 from 240 firms at the end of this July, a license expira...
DMF to accept 153 products made of 23 ingredients.
Prior to implementing the DMF (Drug Master File) system, a sort of pharmaceutical raw material report system, the KFDA received the first report covering 153 products made of 23 active ingredients, of which the produc...
Call for action for hepatitis C virus transmission in patients with hemophilia
A lawmaker is calling for immediate action to reduce higher incidence of hepatitis C virus transmission in patients with hemophilia, as one out of every three hemophilia patients has been infected with such chronic di...
Innovative production technology for Fuzeon developed by Korean scientists.Dr. Kang Choong-kyung and colleagues of Kobiotech (president: You Dae-whan) had succeeded in developing a far simpler and efficient production technology for Fuzeon, an anti-AID...
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Number of national pension defaulters surges
Rep. Ahn Myung-ok of the opposition Grand National Party said at a meeting with parliamentary committee of health and welfare that most of Korean people will not benefit from appropriate living earnings after retireme...
KFDA setting rapid registration system for new BT drugs.
The KFDA will adopt a rapid product registration system for a new and high-tech BT drug by establishing a separated coordination council responsible for the administration of combined drugs and cosmetics and a respons...
Drug ad layouts up 12.3% in first half
Korea’s drug advertisement layouts totaled 238 cases in the first half of this year, up 12.3 percent compared with the same period of last year, according to statistics released by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacture...
Health and Welfare Committee to form with 20 lawmakers.
The 17th Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly was formed on July 5 after electing 20 representatives including Mr. Lee Seok-hyeon as a chairman.
According to the agreement between the ruling and o...
Health ministry to revamp state-run national pension
The Ministry of Health and Welfare said that it held on July 2 the first national pension committee designed to effectively manage government policies to cope with mounting public discontent with the system on Interne...
Kwangdong, Gravity copromote Vita 500 on on-line game
Kwangdong Pharm said that under a partnership deal, it has copromoted its vitamin drink, Vita 500, with Gravity (www.gravity.co.kr), a local leading on-line game maker, to launch “Vita 500 Big Event with Ragnarok” on ...
