News About: Goverment
KFDA to increase 102 new staffs
KFDA will be no longer in manpower shortage problems due to the substantial increase of new staffs.
A KFDA officer said that on May 11 the cabinet meeting passed a bill of the KFDA organization change with addition...
MOHW newly established 『Blood Policy Department』
The cabinet meeting passed the government organization changes on May 11 including the new establishment of "Blood policy department" under the Health Policy Bureau of MOHW. and the infant and children care job of MOH...
OTC promotion committee would unlikely trigger disputes in medical community, KMPA says
The Korea Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association said recently that the business operations of a newly established OTC Promotion Committee, which was harshly criticized from local practitioners, would not undermine ...
KFDA to brace for expediting evaluation process of new biopharmaceuticals
Despite Korean pharmaceutical firms's efforts to accelerate their R&D studies of new biopharmaceuticals, there are growing concerns that the insufficient number of eligible assessment specialists might become one of t...
Boryung to expand cephalosporin GMP plant
Boryung Pharm marked on May 7 its ground-breaking ceremony for the expansion of cephalosporin production facility in Ansan of Kyungggi Province, for the manufacture of cephalosporin injections, lyophilized preparation...
Health functional food registration to be ease.
The registration process of the health functional food products seems to be much easier in the future.
KFDA plans to provide a program of "Counting program for the ratio of food product compatability" in order for...
Drug-related regulations to be streamlined
The government will streamline drug-related procedures for complaint filings, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently.
Lee Hee-sung, a director-general of the Korea Food and Drug Administration, said t...
Prevalence of asthma increasing in East Asia and Pacific region
According to a report released on May 4, World Asthma Day 2004, asthma has become more common throughout East Asia and the Pacific region in recent decades and affected about 300 million people worldwide.
The Globa...
Bioequivalence tests to be stimulated
The Korea Food and Drug Administration says that in-house undertakings of bioequivalence tests by pharmaceutical firms will be stimulated by the policy of the administration to conduct its commissioned standard bioequ...
KFDA concerned inadequate manpower.
The Drug Safety department of KFDA Drug Safety Bureau faced difficulty in full work performances mainly due to a short of manpower. The Department organized with the total 6 administrative officers had to dispatch 2 o...
