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Sales of counterfeit drugs discovered
The Busan Regional Agency of the Korea Food and Drug Administration said it has discovered a total of 19 cases involved in illegal selling and advertisement of drugs, such as Viagra and Cialis, which was rampant in da...
Rep. Kim Keun-tae likely to be nominated as MOHW minister.
President Roh Moo-hyun may change a few of ministerial positions during this week, which likely includes Ministry of Unification (MOU), MOHW and Ministry of Culture and Tourism(MOCT).
It is predicted to name each ...
KFDA to introduce Good Review Practice
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled its plan to introduce a new good review practice (GRP) system as part of its efforts to ensure transparency, consistence and specialty in screening drug-related applicat...
Drug Master File reporting on 77 active substances needs to be notified from next month
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says that local pharmaceutical firms' drug master file (DMP) reporting of 77 active substances in terms of therapeutic category, which is divided into three groups, will begin fr...
KFDA streamlines license-related regulations
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently that it has streamlined a guideline relating to license or report of drugs and this was already notified to each KFDA regional agency.
The guideline covers chang...
Drug maker's direct hospital deals to be lightly penalized.
A massive administrative penalty was charged to quite a number of drug makers who committed violation in their direct hospital deals. However, KFDA recently consulted with MOHW and finally decided a lighter penalty th...
KPA to adjust ideal drug classification
The Insurance Committee of Korea Pharmaceutical Association (KPA) took a meeting along with chief commissioners from the city and provincial insurance related committees on May 14 to discuss and adopt an ideal readjus...
Government selects Korea's four world products in first half
The Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Energy said that it has recently selected Korea's four products with competitive edge in the world, in the first half of 2004, which was recommended by the Korea Health Industry ...
KFDA explained about KCPB's hazardous drug issues.
Korea Consumer Protection Board (KCPB) recently released a report to the public under the title of "Domestic sales of drugs feared with serious adverse reactions", for which KFDA made it clear that it was not new for ...
6-year pharmacy education system may hit snag
There are growing concerns that the planned 6-year pharmacy education system, which has been actively promoted by the Korea Pharmaceutical Association, might be delayed for another one or two year, as the incumbent He...
