News About: Goverment
KFDA inspectors complete inspection of 8 drug makers
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it ended an inspection of eight pharmaceutical companies to ascertain their status of small drug package production, and later, it plan to broaden the scope of inspection to...
Yoon stress health watchdog to be beloved by citizensYoon Yeo-pyo, who leads the Korea Food and Drug Administration, has pledged to roll up his sleeves to let the administration be beloved and praised by people.
Yoon (53), incu...
|
KFDA makes public new GMP standards for medicinal products
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently announced the new good manufacturing practice (GMP) standards for medicinal products in regard to premises and environment (automated device), organization, document...
Working committee to tackle supermarket's selling OTC drugs
A new government ministry and the private sector will team up to draw social consensus over supermarket's selling OTC drugs.
The working committee, to consist of representatives from officials from the Ministry of ...
Rules concerning medicines with improved formulation to be determined in March
The controversial rules concerning definitions and scope of medicines with better formulation will be final and conclusive during this month, according to the Ministry of Health and Family.
In a phone-call with the...
Pharmacy's monthly dispensing revenue posted W8.97 million in 2007
The combined dispensing charges claimed by pharmacy amounted to 8.88 trillion won last year, up 10.5 percent from 8.35 trillion won in 2006, reflecting that the monthly income of each pharmacy stood at 8.97 million wo...
Lee names health vice ministerPresident Lee Myung-bak on February 29 appointed Lee Bong-wha, former director of Seoul City's female and family affairs, as Health and Family's vice minister.
Lee served as ...
|
Prices of Sprycel and Fuzeon to be determined shortly
Pharmaceutical sources say that attention has being focused on the prices of BMS's Sprycel (dasatinib), an oral inhibitor of multiple tyrosine kinases and Roche's anti-AIDS agent Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) to be determined ...
Drug makers to face W100 million over violation of pharmaceutical law
Pharmaceutical manufacturers who have been found to violation the pharmaceutical affairs law will be fined 100 million won, a 100-percent increase from the current 50 million won in maximum, the Korea Food and Drug Ad...
Roche's Fuzeon will not be discussed in health insurance meeting next month
Roche Korea's anti-AIDS agent Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) will be exclusive from the government's health insurance meeting to be held next month, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
The ministry officials sai...
