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Minister Young-Jin Ryu draws attention with food & drug policies focusing on field
Minister Young-Jin Ryu of Food and Drug Safety, who suffered from controversy over his qualification as a minister at the beginning of appointment, is carrying out food and drug safety policies focusing on the field.
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What are ‘MOHW’s regulatory reforms’ on pharmacists and medicines for the past 3 years?
For the past 3 years, major regulatory reforms related to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, such as simplification of novel medicine registration process, prevention of cheap supply of shortage-prevented medicines t...
Regular medicine reassessment stopped, but special reassessment system started
Since the Pharmaceutical Product Renewal System will be enforced, medicines will not be reassessed unless necessary.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) gave an administrative notice of a partial revision bill...
Adjustment of emergency household medicines to be finalized on 4 December
At the 5th meeting for the deliberative committee for adjustment of emergency household medicines, the ministry completed the adjustment and will suggest the final opinion.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(Minister...
“Korean & Japanese governments must repeal articles hampering generic accessibility”
When it comes to the 20th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership(RCEP) negotiation in Incheon, Doctors Without Borders(Médecins Sans Frontières) announced to request the Korean and Japanese governments to repeal ...
“We have no plans for Total Amount Management and Drug Price Cuts to secure financial resources for Moon Jae-In Care”
The Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW) first refused its decision about the ‘Total Amount Management and Drug Price Cuts as Financial Sources for the Moon Jae-In Care’ that the pharmaceutical industry is currently w...
Would it be possible to apply ‘ethics’ on standards for innovative pharmaceutical company?
In regards to the ‘line’ of ‘ethical standards’ to adopt in selection and revocation of innovative pharmaceutical company, the Ministry of Health and Welfare is agonizing.
This is because it was suggested it was not ...
“The government must cooperate in eradicating hepatitis”
In order to eradicate viral hepatitis in Korea, it is necessary for the government to pay attention, but the reality was reportedly not.
The Korean Association for the Study of the Liver(Chairman Kwan-Soo Byun) held ...
Inevitable MFDS’s reorganization brought at National Assembly inspection
The National Assembly inspection suggested problems related to the operational system of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS), which basically criticized necessity of reshuffle in the MFDS.
At the National Asse...
‘Repeal of Censorship for Health Functional Food Advertisements’ to be entirely reconsidered
The MFDS has decided to reconsider entirely repealing the censorship for health functional food advertisements.
Justice Party Rep. So-Ha Yoon made questions about adverse reactions of health functional foods and the ...
