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Sanofi-Santhelabo Korea breaks 100 billion barrier in 2003 revenue
Sanofi-Santhelabo Korea said it hit a 100 billion barrier last year for the first time since its foundation in Korea. In terms of sales revenue, the company advanced into 20th place from 100th rank six years ago.
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KFDA approves additional indication of UltracetThe Korea Food and Drug Administration said that it approved another indication of Janssen Korea's Ultracet for the relief of moderate to severe pain in addition to the short-te...
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Many imported health food supplements found substandard
Quite a number of imported health food supplements and special nutritional products were found unacceptable by the government inspection.
The KFDA Kyeongin regional office inspected 64,186 of imported foods in 2003...
Annual NHI payment records accessible via on-line.
The NHI reimbursement records of therapeutic and medical charges can be accessible via an internet in the future.
National Health Insurance Corporation (NHIC) announced that all NHI payment records for the therapeu...
5 candidates applied for KFDA Drug Safety Director.
Earlier the KFDA opened to invite the position of Drug Safety Director in public and as of Jan. 13, 5 candidates including Mr. Lee Hee-seong, the KFDA auditing officer and Prof. Shin Hyeon-taek of Sukmyeong Women Univ...
Proprietors of pharmacy and drug wholesaler would likely face tougher facility area standards
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled its plan to apply more stringent regulation on the currently unrestricted facility area to proprietors of pharmacy and drug wholesalers in a bid to ensure better establi...
Dongwha Pharm wins US patent for quinolone derivative
Dongwha Pharm announced on January 13 that it won the U.S. patent (No. No. 6,649,763) related to optically active 7-pyrrolidinequinoline carboxylic acid derivative and its manufacturing method.
The company said tha...
Sanitary management of alternative rawfoods to be strengthened
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it will draft a guideline to strengthen the management of widely favored rawfoods as a diet or alternative food at the domestic pharmacy market, adding that the guideline ma...
KFDA to inspect quality of 2,300 drugs.
The KFDA recently announced "Basic inspection plans for drug qualities in 2004" for the quality check for more than 2,300 drugs in association with the regional KFDA offices.
The Plan reveals that the KFDA head off...
KFDA to controls against advertising of functional foods.
The KFDA announced to implement a special education and training program from Jan. 30 for the Food and Hygiene Supervisors of the head and regional offices to get skills and knowledges for the performance of special s...
