News About: Goverment
70% of pharmaceutical firms conducting validation for ethicals
The national health watchdog's recent survey of 190 pharmaceutical firms showed that over 70 percent of those surveyed are conducting their validation on 800 prescription drugs.
The survey also revealed that each p...
KFDA to open drug information Web siteThe Korea Food and Drug Administration will open Web site from May for providing the general public with drug related information, such as usage of drug and drug administration,...
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KFDA to compile drug related patent database
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says it plans to compile a comprehensive database Patent Infomatics to cover patent information, drug approval, product information and market information until the end of this y...
Validation system draws varying reactions
The majority of small- and medium-sized pharmaceutical companies have called for the government to delay the controversial validation system under the current Good Clinical Practice (cGMP) due to heavier financial bur...
Government supports oriental drug development
The government plans to increase its spending on the development of new oriental medicines, as part of its efforts to promote the science of Oriental medicine to the world.
The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Famil...
Health watchdog to block dominant status of patent owner
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to check whether some patent owners are abusing their dominant status in the market.
In April 17 forum organized by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, the ...
More biopharmaceutical firms to be set up, health ministry says
A number of new biopharmaceutical firms are able to establish their own enterprises as the government has recently issued its enforcement regulations to separate product approval from manufacturing license under the r...
KFDA considers foreign on-spot inspection
The Korea Food and Drug Administration plans to dispatch an on-site inspection team at the end of this month to Merck and Company of the United States as part of expanding its new GMP related inspection to new drugs.
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Sprycel price adjustment plan draws strong protest
The government plan to adjust the insurance price of BMS Korea's Sprycel (dasatinib), an oral inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases, is drawing from leukemia patients, according to the Ministry of Health, Welfare and...
11 healthcare providers elected to parliament
A total of 11 healthcare providers, including four doctors and three pharmacists, were elected in April 9 to the National Assembly.
One male pharmacist from the ruling Grand National Party (GNP), Won Hee-mok, the i...
