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KFDA to encourage reporting of drug related adverse events
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering encouraging pharmaceutical firms to report adverse events associated with medicines to ensure better public health.
To this end, the drug agency has established...
12 doctors indicted for receiving illegal rebate
A total of 12 doctors have recently been indicted on charges of violating a fair trade law, prosecutors in Kwangju said.
They are accused of receiving illegal rebate from pharmaceutical firms, according to the Kwan...
KFDA recommends not to use dibutylphthalate
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently instructed pharmaceutical firms to replace dibutylphthalate (DBP) owing to the possible risk of adverse reactions.
Manufacturers of 37 medicines containing DBP as...
Drug makers should submit vendor audit report in product license
Those who intend to apply for a new product license should submit to the Korea Food and Drug Administration a vendor audit report within one month after such application from next year.
Under the vendor audit syste...
Government to launch intensive screening over hypnosedatives
The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said on December 28 it will strengthen its screening over the use of medicines, such as hypnosedatives and bowel movement enhancers, from next year, in its bid to pre...
Health ministry to ease wholesaling regulations
The Fair Trade Commission has recently recommended the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs to lift the regulations over the paid-in capital ceiling of 500 million won as part of efforts to lift unnecessary ...
Drug agency to permit manufacturing site of metformin tablets
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is considering allowing Korea United Pharm to re-import metformin tablets manufactured in Vietnam, saying that on-site GMP inspection in their Vietnam facilities are deemed neces...
FTC announces new fair trade code
The Fair Trade Commission has recently released a fair trade rule based on the agreement signed by the Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers' Association, together with the Korean Research-based Pharmaceutical Industry A...
Koreans visit hospitals 18 times a year
Koreans visited hospitals 18 days on average per year in 2008, more than two times from 2006, announced the National Health Insurance Corporation recently.
According to a new publication on health insurance statis...
Korea to toughen rules on vendor audit
Korea's drug watchdog says it plans to stiffen rules on the vendor audit system of a current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) facility that manufactures drug components or finished products as the GMP for pharmaceut...
