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US to get tough position on pharmaceutical markets with Korea
Pharmaceutical sources say that the U.S. is pushing hard on agriculture, pharmaceuticals, automobile and regulatory issues with Korea as the two countries began official talks on a free trade agreement (FTA).
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Functional food registration to shorten its review times.
The review time for the product registration for functional food supplements will take almost half in the future than now.
The KFDA announced in advance the revised draft of "Regulations for the recognition of the ...
Third Korea-Switzerland Biomedical symposium opened
The third Korea-Switzerland Biomedical symposium on the future and challenges of new drug development arena was held in Seoul from May 31 to June 1.
The two-day symposium, organized by the Korea Health Industry Devel...
Food processors to face tough rule
Local food processors are likely to face the restricted use of 78 raw materials in health foods, including human placenta and galantamine, health officials said recently.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFD...
KFDA all canceled 28 drugs on manipulated bio equivalency test.
In the public hearing on the subject of the bio equivalency test fraud, most of the subjected drug companies requested for the re-test or the withdrawal of the KFDA's intention of product registration cancellation. Ho...
Drug industry called for 10% small bottle packaged drugs.
According to the revised provision, drug makers must produce small PTP packaged drugs within 10% of the total production values starting from Oct. 7, for which the industry accepted but claimed strongly against the go...
KFDA to implement cGMP system in 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) will introduce cGMP(Current Good Manufacturing Practice) system in cooperation with the government in 2009 at the latest.
The cGMP regulations require that drug manufacturers...
1 in three Korean adults having high risk of developing heart and cerebrovascular diseases
According to the government study released on June 1, one out of every three Koreans aged over 30 is likely to have a high risk of developing various heart and cerebrovascular diseases due to obesity, heavy drinking a...
893 high-priced prescription drugs subject to intensive review in second quarter
A total of 893 high-priced ethical drugs with different brand-names will be subject to the government's intensive review from the second quarter of this year as part of its plan to induce the prescription of cost-effe...
MOHW intensively to check 250 medical institutions.
The MOHW will take a special investigation from June 1 against 250 medical institutions in 40 cities and counties where charged the highest medical bill per capita as one of the NHI payment reform projects.
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