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Offering of certification mark for bioequivalence-tested drugs sought
The Korea Food and Drug Administration has recently announced it plans on the offering of certification mark for bioequivalence-tested drugs in a bid to promote the active participation of many pharmaceutical firms in...
HIRA's standards for SARS review to be adjusted stepwise.
The Health Insurance Review Agency announced in the explanatory meeting for the review standards over the SARS for outpatients at the Coex convention center on April 29 that the review should be supplemented and gradu...
Government vowing to combat SARS
Prime minister Goh Kun recently announced a series of measures to curb a potential outbreak of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), in parallel with a revision of quarantine regulations to combat the deadly disea...
KFDA announces Novartis Korea's verteporphin as first bulk drug at eligible foreign plant
The Korea Food and Drug Administration notified via Internet on April 28 that Novartis Korea's verteporphin (drug for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration) is the first pharmaceutical bulk material produc...
Expansion of standard manufacturing rules on drugs, etc. eyed
The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it would expand the scope of the standard manufacturing rules on drugs, etc. as part of measures to promote over-counter-drugs (OTCs) in the domestic pharmaceutical industry...
Lawmakers to seek amendment of quarantine law
Rep. Kim Hong-shin, a legislator of the opposition Grand National Party, presented on April 26 to the National Assembly a proposal strengthening legal grounds for new and re-emerging communicable diseases such as SARS...
53,930 MW investment support for bio-engineering this year.
The total 53,930 million won of budget this year seems to be allocated for an investment subsidy in the area of the bio-engineering.
The government announced the above project after fixing "2003 Bio Engineering Fos...
Descriptions for OTC drugs to change in common languages.
The pharmaceutical industry speeds up changing the inserted direction circulars and other packages/containers to be written in common languages for consumers, and some company changed the descriptions even for the pro...
400 items to benefit from health insurance
The Ministry of Health and Welfare has recently announced that 346 items, including 54 items whose drug equivalence has been established, will be newly eligible for health insurance from this June 1st.
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KFDA toughens regulations on KGSP-accredited firms
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said that during the second quarter of this year, its six regional agencies would conduct intensive surveillance on 1,200 wholesalers accredited with Korea Good Supply Pra...
