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KFDA to undergo massive change
The Korea Food and Drug Administration will be in upheaval, with keywords being a truthful health watchdog.
“The drug agency will recruit 77 professionals into critical posts for speedy and efficient decisions in f...
Drugmakers struggling to replace asbestos -free drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on April 21 that a total of 227 medicinal products, which were confirmed to have used talc contaminated with asbestos and banned from sale, were replaced by new supplies as ...
KFDA to separate surveillance and disposition functions over drug and medical device
The Korea Food and Drug Administration is aiming to streamline operations and boost efficiency of its six regional agencies by separating the surveillance and disposition functions over drugs and medical device, if th...
KFDA lifts sales ban over 32 drugs
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on April 17 that it has withdrawn the sales ban of 32 medicinal products which were found not to contain asbestos after investigating 307 drugs produced by 54 pharmaceutical...
624 drugs delisted from health insurance
A total of 624 drugs are still put on the list of sale banned products as they were confirmed to have used talc contaminated with asbestos, according to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service.
It said 3...
KFDA looks into drug makers
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has embarked on looking into 120 pharmaceutical manufacturers who distributed medicinal products containing talc contaminated with carcinogenic asbestos.
Since some baby powde...
Government to implement new DRG
The government plans to implement new diagnosis-related group (DRG) at Ilsan Hospital under the umbrella of National Health Insurance Corporation on a trial basis from April 20, this year to June 30 next year, accordi...
Government urged to shorten screening period of new medical devices
The Korea Health Information Policy Institute of Seoul National University’s health graduate school has called for the government to shorten the evaluation period of new medical devices so that Korean manufacturers ma...
Japanese talc conforms to KFDA’s talc standards
The Korea Testing and Research Institute for Chemical Industry said that the dissolution test results of 24 tons of Japanese talc that had passed through customs on April 1 are in conformity with the current standards...
Recall measure seen to be hasty, less feasible
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)’s sales ban was far from being feasible since it has not confirmed whether asbestos was really detected and on top of that, the KFDA measure was based on a supplement list...
