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KFDA to advise consumers of new warning for DIANE-35
The Korea Food and Drug Administration will soon advise consumers of important information about the use of the prescription drug DIANE-35.
DIANE-35 is used for the treatment of women suffering from pronounced form...
NMC to conduct pilot test on prescription in generic drug names.
As a model project of the MOHW the National Medical Center plans to conduct a prescription written in generic drug names for the total 34 products of 20 active ingredients including 9 prescription drugs and 11 non-pre...
Fair Trade Commission targets drug co-marketing
The Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is poised to regulate the local pharmaceutical industry's marketing tactics by scrutinizing illegal elements.
The FTA will draw up guidelines during the second half of the year via i...
National Assembly to convene FTA public hearing over pharmaceutical sector
The National Assembly's Health and Welfare Committee decided to hold its public hearing on June 18 over controversial issues of pharmaceuticals raised from a free trade agreement reached between Korea and the United S...
KFDA freely allows any institutes to take clinical studies.
So far the KFDA has controlled the designation of the clinical study institute, which will be no longer effected and therefore any institutes can get easy entry into the clinical research activities.
The KFDA anno...
OTC remedies for heat rash and skin softening may be sold at supermarkets.
Non-prescription remedies for heat rash, skin softening, tooth whitening and quit-smoking will be reclassified as a quasi-drug, which may be bought at other stores than pharmacies from June 1 according to the revised ...
National Assembly to debate on pharmaceutical issues of KORUS FTA.
As soon as the government announced to release the detailed scripts of KORUS FTA in public, the National Assembly, who grabs its final ratification, is intending to scrutinize the treaty amid a whopping prevailing co...
Controversial patent-related points on KORUS FTA disclosed
Korea publicized the full text of its free trade agreement with the United States on May 25, with the move expected to further fuel criticism of the deal, a disclosure expected to fuel criticism by local opponents of ...
FTA text release meets with suspicion and misunderstanding
Korea and the United States finally made public the controversial text of their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on May 25.
The two governments unveiled each and every detail of the controversial accord, which...
Prescription by generic name is at odds?
Although Vice Health and Welfare Minister Byun Jae-jin has begun serving as new minister after Rhyu Si-min stepped down from his post on May 21, some lawmakers pointed out that the government should have its strong wi...
