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KFDA announces results of vaccine re-evaluation study
Adverse reaction events have been observed from domestic vaccine preparations produced by eight pharmaceutical firms including Boryung Biopharma and Dongshin Pharm, according to a report released by the Korea Food and...
Pharmacies can sell functional health foods without reporting
The Health and Welfare Subcommittee of National Assembly held its meeting on December 23 to screen an additional bill related to the health foods law, such as another provisions designed to allow pharmacies to sell fu...
Health Ministry announces successful drug administration policies in 2003
The Ministry of Health and Welfare unveiled 9 successful drug administration policies in 2003, citing that the effective curb on further spread of SARS in Korea, which threatened to infect the people in 30 countries d...
Government to give incentives to GMP-accredited health foods firms
With the functional health foods law that will take place in January 1, 2004, the Ministry of Health and Welfare will extend some benefits to health foods companies designated as GMP-accredited firms as part of its ef...
KFDA to mull public recruitment of new drug director-general within this month
Reportedly, the Korea Food and Drug Administration said it would through public recruitment appoint a new drug director-general of the KFDA who would replace a former KFDA drug director-general, Chang Joon-shik, who h...
Good Manufacturing Practice for health functional foods.
The law pertaining to the health functional foods will take effects from January next year including the application of the good manufacturing practice and the ban on any exaggerate advertising.
The MOHW made it ...
Revised bill of Bio Engineering Fostering Act approved.
The National Assembly passed the bills for the Science and Technology Act and the revised Bio Engineering Fostering Act raised by the Ministry of Science and Technology on Dec. 9.
Now, the construction project for ...
Establishment of new bio-substance safety and efficacy screening center eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said on December 15 that the establishment of a new substance safety and efficacy screening center is being soon promoted within its toxicology research institute, as such a scre...
Ministry of Science and Technology to lead biopharmaceutical sector
In the recent breakfast meeting on December 10, which was attended by Minister Kim Chin-pyo of Finance and Economy, Chairman Kim Byung-jun of Government Reform Autonomous Committee, and ministers and vice-ministers fr...
Bio-equivalent test mandatory for tablets, capsules and suppositories
The KFDA is going to establish a standard bio-equivalent test guideline for 75 ingredients including Phenytoin in order to save test costs and times, and to require for the solid prescription preparations such as tabl...
