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Full scale "lighting" of curing hangover of 70 billion drink market.
Curing hangover drink market has lightened full scale and is expected to come up with special sale in year-end and in the start of the next year. According to related industry, medical manufacturers such as Jong-gun D...
KFDA approved compassionate use of Iressa.
The KFDA approved Astra-Zeneca's Iressa, a cancer drug, for a compassionate use in treatment of advanced non cellular lung cancer. Iressa is a new anti-tumor drug still under phase III clinical studies in the United S...
Provisional ban on business collusion substantially to loosen
The provisional restriction on the prescription business collusion acts between medical institutes and pharmacies has been drastically alleviated by reflecting it to the working rules and the enforcement decree of the...
To Aggravate Power to Root Out Illegal Charge for Medical Treatment.
National Health Insurance Corporation set the policy to devote all power to rule out illegal charge for medical treatment fee and medicine fee to prevent deteorization of Insurance Finance.
Lee Sang-Ryong, director...
Strengthening Quality Management in Oriental Medicine by Introducing GMP and GSP
The quality management in oriental medicine will be strengthened because of GMP and GSP system, which will be introduced, and every herbal medicine ranging around 514 kinds will be appointed as subject item of standar...
Electro-chemotherapy for cancer patients under clinical trials at local hospitals.
Solco BioMedical Co. recently obtained the KFDA approval for the clinical study project of an electric medical device in cancer treatments, and made study contracts with Banjigeo hospital and Kangreung Dongin hospital...
CRO aggressively entering into Korean markets.
Many (CRO) agencies arranging foreign clinical research works for domestic companies actively came into the market as its necessity is ever demanding now in Korea, viewing that the new drug R&D was highly assessed wit...
Free supply of Gleevec for patients on its previous treatment.
Norvatis, recently standing in tension against the government over the price of Gleevec, announced that they would supply Gleevec in a free of charge for the patients who got previous treatment with Gleevec before No...
Clinical Evaluation Standard for Hepatitis Remedy, etc Presented.
Clinical evaluation standard for medical effects of three remedies such as anti-virus and second type of diabetes was presented.
The clinical evaluation policy for 3 medical effects prepared by Korea Food and Drug...
DMF system initially to apply for antibiotics.
Taking effects from the next year the bulk materials of antibiotics and biological preparations should be registered for use in Korea, and the bulk manufacturing company required the BGMP approval from the KFDA until ...