News About: Pharm. Affairs
Only 2 of 25 new drugs approved last year were Korean
Last year, there were the total 25 new drugs approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS).
However, there were only 2 approved products developed by Korean pharmaceutical companies, such as the Hanmi Pharm’...
41% of pet owners visit animal pharmacies because of ‘close distance’ and ‘cheap price’
It was surveyed the reason why people who raise animal companions, like dogs and cats, is because ‘they are able to purchase animal drugs at a close store for inexpensive price.’
The Korea Veterinary Pharmacy Associa...
Campaign to block misuse of drug sold outside of pharmacies
The Society for the Future of Pharmacists(President Jin-Hyung Lim) will conduct a national campaign to oppose to expansion of emergency household products sold in video drug dispensers and convenient stores on January...
JW Life Science acquires commercialization approval of epilepsy therapy ‘Levetiram’
A new-concept solution, which relieve seizure for epilepsy patients, will be released in Korea.
JW Life Science(CEO Sung-Nam Cha) announced on the 12th that it has acquired commercialization approval of ‘Levetiram In...
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Korea’s ‘Caduet Tab 10/20mg’ suspended sales for 45 days
A Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Korea’s combination drug for hypertension and hyperlipidemia, ‘Caduet Tab 10/20mg,’ has taken 45 days of administrative measure to suspend its sales activities.
On the 12th, the Ministry of F...
Implementation of Pharmaceutical Product Approval Renewal for every 5 years
The Pharmaceutical Product Approval Renewal System will be implemented from the year of 2018 for every 5 years.
At the 2017 work report, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced to implement the Pharmace...
Outsourced research for household drugs will be revealed within January
The result of the outsourced research for household drugs will come out within this month.
According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare(MOHW), the final report of the outsourced result has been completed, and it w...
SK Chemicals’ hemophilia treatment, AFSTYLA, approved by EMA
SK Chemicals(CEO Man-Hoon Park) announced, on the 10th, the hemophilia treatment ‘AFSTYLA’ acquired the final commercialization approval from the European Medicines Agency(EMA). Thus, AFSTYLA becomes the first drug en...
33 orphan drugs approved last year, 15 of them were antineoplastic antibiotics
The number of orphan drugs approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety was 33 products, and 15 of them were antineoplastic antibiotics.
According to the analysis result of the 2016 orphan drug approval status us...
OTC drugs only accounted for 18.2% of the total medicines approved last year
Less than 2 of 10 pharmaceutical products approved last year were OTC drugs.
According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, the total number of pharmaceutical products approved last year was 2,853 products.
In t...
