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AstraZeneca Korea ordered to reduce Iressa price
The Seoul Administration Court ordered AstraZeneca Korea to lower the insurance price of Iressa 250 mg (gefitinib) from 62,010 won to 55,003 won per tablet.
The drug was approved as a last resort for people who wer...
Food safety agency to be formed sooner or later
A special food agency will be soon created to take charge of food safety in place of the current Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) as part of the government's organization reform plan.
The measure is in res...
New GMP evaluation applicable to bio equivalency test drugs first.
According to the KFDA, the new GMP system based on each product shall apply initially for the products subjected to a bio equivalency test before authorizing the product registration starting from Nov. 1.
The KFDA ...
New GMP to implement from July next year.
Starting from July next year The KFDA planned to shift the GMP from the current dosage form basis to the product, and the new GMP with validation by each manufacturing process should be introduced gradually year by ye...
KFDA issues results of drug re-evaluation in 2006
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said it is releasing a list of 668 medicines whose re-evaluation reviews were completed.
These drugs, which have been prepared by 135 pharmaceutical makers, are classif...
Court endorses interim injunction on generic drugs' fabrication case
Recently, Seoul District Court gave the green light to an interim injunction filed by six pharmaceutical companies against the Korea Food and Drug Administration's administrative order to retract approval for 17 probl...
Government to launch new food safety agency
The government is rapidly moving to launch an integrated food watchdog this year in the wake of the food poisoning crisis that gripped the country.
To that end, the Korea Food and Drug Administration will be soon d...
Pre-exam for all foreign college graduates may be granted.
The national pharmacist qualification examination may be granted to the foreign pharmacy college graduates who pass through the pre-exam for the pharmacist license.
The Korea Pharmacy College Association held a stu...
Establishment of new labeling guideline promoted
The Korea Food and Drug Administration announced recently it drafted a new guideline for concerning labeling and description on an insert paper of drug as part of its efforts to let customers understand the contents o...
Neighbour clinics prescribing severe polypharmacy.
It was found that most of the village neighbour private clinics were prescribing polypharmacy with more than 6 drugs per prescription according to the report of Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA).
The HIRA 1Q o...
