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National Assembly negative about government’s plan for RFID system
National Assembly’s Health and Welfare Committee has expressed skepticism over the government's plan to introduce the radio frequency identification (RFID) system or smart sensor technologies in drugs and foods, start...
Government to overhaul safety rules in university’s laboratory
The government will overhaul safety-related rules on laboratory facilities of university or research institute to make them “better'' for researchers, the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said on November...
Concerns rise among Korean drug makers
The domestic pharmaceutical sector is expected to face an inevitable blow as a court ruled that the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service should make public the actually trade prices of 20 medicines in 35 hos...
New drug applications drop sharply
The number of application for the approval of new drugs has declined effective from November 5 as the Korea Food and Drug Administration increased its screening fee on that day.
According to the KFDA, there was no ...
Disclosure of actually traded drug prices spooks drugmakers
Pharmaceutical firms are irked by a recent court ruling to mandate the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service to reveal the actually traded prices of 20 drugs, which have been supplied to 46 hospitals.
Emb...
DMF-filed items top 848
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said a total of 848 items were filed under the current drug master file (DMF) system, effective October 31.
Of the 848 items, there 118 new substances, 674 bulk drugs and 15 h...
Screening fee for drug license rises from November 5
The screening fees covering the application of new drugs have increased from November 5, according to the Korea Food and Drug Administration.
The KFDA said that the fees for the license of new drug will be raised ...
TJ Pharm’s logistics center opens in Kyunggi Province
TJ Pharm, an affiliated company of Taejeon Pharm, had the tape-cutting ceremony on October 25 to launch a new logistics center at Pyungtaik, Kyuggi Province.
The logistics center is comprised of various automatic s...
Cho named Abbott Korea pharmaceutical primary care chiefAbbott Korea has announced that Cho Ki-whan, executive managing director, was named as primary care leader of pharmaceutical business unit, effective October 20.
Cho will be ...
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Bioequivalence to become compulsory for combined generic drugs
Generic drugs of more two ingredients produced cheaply in Korea must prove they are equivalent to the patented medicines on which they are modeled, the Korea Food and Drug Administration has said.
Frequently prescr...
