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Direct description of expiration date on drugs deems undesirable, MOHW says
In response to a recent civil petition, the Ministry of Health and Welfare explained it is rather desirable that the expiration date of drugs should be specified on their containers or packages, citing that the compul...
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Registration for single generic ingredient drug granted in generic name.
A generic drug should be gradually granted to us its trademark in generic name starting from the drug formulating with a single generic ingredient, the KPA (Korea Pharmaceutical Association) said.
The KPA pointed o...
False and exaggerated drug advertising to be intensively scrutinized.
The KFDA announced to undertake an intensive supervision over the false and exaggerated advertising activities of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices shown in printed and electronic media during the summer vacation p...
KFDA grants marketing authorization for Cialis tablet
The Korea Food and Drug Administration decided to approve Eli Lilly's Cialis tablet for the treatment of erectile dysfunction on July 29 on the condition that Lilly Korea should undertake its side-effects monitoring f...
Brisk strategic alliances seen in domestic pharmaceutical market
Pharmaceutical business source say that a number of domestic pharmaceutical firms have actively established strategic alliances with foreign-invested firm for co-marketing of new drugs to create a synergistic ...
Yuyu Pharm to make strategic tie-up with GSK on ImigranYuyu Pharm says it signed an exclusive distribution agreement with GlaxoSmithKline on July 28 to introduce Imigran (sumatriptan) tablet, an antimigraine drug.
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Hospital Association worried over 5 weekday work.
The Korea Hospital Association (KHA) conducted a survey over the current 5 weekday working issue, which seems to pass through the National Assembly since the industrial communities recently expressed a positive stance...
Pharmacy inspections to be targeted on sales gifts.
The government may intensively inspect retail pharmacies over the gifts or gratitudes for sales quite frequently provided to their customers as an allurement, and therefore the pharmacy will need themselves to prepare...
Labeling and description of prescription drugs to be modified next year
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled a plan to modify the present labeling and description of prescription drugs, in an effort to minimize the possible drug-dispensing-related accidents at pharmacy amid inc...
