News About: Goverment
KFDA warns possible cardiovascular events over 56 anti-obesity drugs
Over 56 drug companies marketing anti-obesity drug sibutramine under a variety of brand names are likely to soon face a ban on selling the medicine.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration will initiate steps to asc...
Additional indication approved for Nexium
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it has approved additional indication of AstraZeneca’s Nexium (esomeprazole) – prevention of duodenal re-hemorrhage after endoscopic treatment (Nexium injection and maintena...
Government urged to scrap more enrollment quota for pharmacy schools
The Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development said it is considering increasing the quota for pharmacy schools.
However, the ministry is expected to meet strong resistance.
“We were dumbstruck by the...
Government to get tougher on false or exaggerated treatment claims
The government plans to strengthen its monitoring for overcharging the National Health Insurance Corp. for false treatment using a variety of data-mining techniques.
To this end, the corporation said it is building...
Civic groups at odds with government
Civic groups, including the Citizens' Coalition for Economic Justice (CCEJ), has recently called for the health ministry to cancel the decision to designate the 'Citizens United for Better Society’ instead of CCEF as ...
KFDA publish Site Master File
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it has published Site Master File, a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) related manual of individual medicines on manufacturing site.
The drug agency said the manual cover...
Korea to boost local pharmaceutical industry
Health, Welfare and Family Affairs Minister Jeon Jae-hee said on January 19 that the health ministry will boost pharmaceutical companies’ effort to develop new drugs.
In a recent brief meeting with the heads of the...
Drug agency to enhance check of pharmaceutical products
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on January 19 that it will improve monitoring of medicinal products that are on the market.
The drug agency also noted the current GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) has b...
KFDA dismisses GMP certificate issued by exporting country
Korea should not recognize document pertaining to certification of GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) which has been issued by an exporting country, the Korea Food and Dug Administration said on January 19.
It also ...
Drug agency to regulate talc by certificate of analysis
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering omitting talc from the drug master file (DMF) in fear of any trade friction.
As an alternative, the drug agency plans to strengthen import inspections to preven...
