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KFDA to control human tissue planting materials.
The KFDA authorized Hans Biomed Inc. as the first company for the safety control of the human tissue transplanting materials, which had raised social problems before because of no national control system over its dise...
Home-shopping firms face more restrictions in health food ads
Domestic home-shopping companies will face tougher restrictions on their live broadcasting channel related to selling of health foods this year as the government has threatened to regulate false or exaggerated adverti...
Government sends fact-finding team to Sanchung
Following the February 3 strike to oppose the ongoing SDP (separation of drug dispensing from medical practice) function by residents in the southeastern country of Sanchung of Kyungsang Province, the Ministry of Heal...
Kyeongin Regional KFDA set pharmaceutical inspections twice a year.
Kyeongin Regional KFDA announced to inspect twice a year against the pharmaceutical manufacturers where a poor product quality was found, and will take a harsh administrative punishment including the press release of ...
KFDA approves GSK's Seretide Diskus for COPD
The Korea Food and Drug Administration approved on February 9 an additional indication of GSK's Seretide Diskus for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in addition to asthma medication that s...
KFDA agonizes over extended duration of new drug approvals
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has worried the extended period of screening the approval of new drugs due to shortage of manpower, as all of drug license business was incorporated into the National Toxicity Re...
KFDA accused illegal sales of impotence drugs at pharmacy.
5 pharmacies were charged on illegal sales of impotence drugs like Cialis and Levitra without physician's prescriptions by Daegu regional KFDA in the 2 week supervision against 23 hospitals, pharmacies and drug wholes...
Working Rules of Functional Health Food Act to be promulgated.
Following the promulgation of the revised working rules of the functional health food act, the KFDA announced 10 ordinances including the Review Standards for the Health Functional Food Labelling and Advertising.
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Integrated management of safety and efficacy for drugs and bioequivalence testing eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently announced that a series of measures, such as streamlined affairs covering management of safety and efficacy for drugs and bioequivalence testing, have been finally a...
Illegal drug sales via on-line channel under special watch.
False and exaggerate drug advertising via the internet media has emerged to a critical level, causing a lot of drug abuse and misuse to consumers so seriously that the government mulls over a special and intensified i...
