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KFDA to begin review of internet shopping malls and on-line sites
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said recently that it will expand its public campaign to encourage the purchase of all drugs at pharmacy by reviewing the prevailing illegal marketing activities of drugs...
MOHW intensively to support R&D for viable bio projects.
MOHW allocated the total 95 billion won of the R&D budget for 7 projects including a biological new drug and organ implantation development and its support will be intensified mainly for the project of a good business...
Medical treatment outlays total 20.5 trillion won in 2003
The Health Insurance Review Agency announced on March 3 that medical treatment outlays in 2003 amounted to 20.5 trillion won, up 7.7 percent compared with 19.6 trillion won from a year earlier. The total claims by med...
KFDA approves additional indication of Seroquel
AstraZeneca Korea said recently it has received from the Korea Food and Drug Administration an additional indication of Seroquel (quetiapine), which is available at 25mg, 100 mg and 200 mg, for the treatment of acute ...
2006 international drug regulatory conference taking place in Korea.
The 12th International Conference of Drug Regulatory Authorities (ICDRA) may take place in Korea in 2006 according to Dr. Shim Chang-koo, chief commissioner of KFDA.
Dr. Shim announced that in the 11th ICDRA in Mad...
Government to prop up biopharmaceutical development projects
The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled its plan to financially support the development of Korea's more sophisticated technologies in various fields such as Korea's biotechnology, pharmaceutical raw materials and ...
MOHW to plan 14.5 BW subsidy for bio industry.
The domestic bio industry has grown enough to a level for any products ready to be commercialized. Now, the government announced that the bio industry would leap up to the 7th over the world until 2010 by the absolute...
HIRA to disclose screening details of drug-related applications next month
The Health Insurance Review Agency said recently that from this March, all procedures involving approval or rejection of drug-related applications by the Diagnosis Screening Evaluation Committee will be opened to the ...
Government urged to promote substitute drug dispensing
In the National Assembly's interpellation session on February 19, Rep. Kim Sung-soon of the former ruling Millennium Democratic Party said that substitute drug dispensing system for bioequivalence-tested drugs should ...
KFDA to ameliorate GMP standards within this year
The Korea Food and Drug Administration unveiled its plan to revamp GMP (good manufacturing practice) regulations, which is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year at the latest.
To that end, the KFDA set ...
