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219 antihypertensives suspended in sales due to ‘containing impurities’
The Ministry Food and Drug Safety(Minister Young-Jin Ryu, MFDS) will take actions of temporarily suspending sales, manufacturing and importation of all the products which used ‘Valsartan,’ an active pharmaceutical ing...
MFDS approves CJ HealthCare’s acid reflux treatment ‘K-Cab Tab’ as new drug
CJ HealthCare;s acid reflux treatment ‘K-Cab Tab’ acquired approval as a Korean new drug.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) acquired approval of CJ HealthCare’s acid reflux treatment ‘K-Cab Tab 50mg(generic ...
MFDS newly prepares administrative measures for falsely writing up clinical trial records
Specific administrative measures were prepared on falsely marking records about clinical trials, differently based on the number of times violating the regulation.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) pre-annou...
MOHW imposes ‘Suspension of License’ on people violating the laws
Administrative measures will be made on 9 people who violated the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law and the Medical Law.
In addition, 4 of the 9 people will lose their nursing or dental technician license who illegally prac...
Petitions at Blue House for medical and health care issues
Various requests have been field at the Blue House National Petition, such as the international nonproprietary names, safe control of discarded drugs, and increase of drug accessibility.
Yakup Shinmoon(www.yakup.com)...
Pharmaceutical Product Approval Renewal to select subject in safety and efficacy
As the pharmaceutical product approval renewal system started last year, pharmaceutical products will be selectively evaluated if necessary in safety and efficacy, instead of periodic drug evaluations.
The Ministry o...
Rare and/or incurable disease patients will be allowed to import narcotics for self-care
A system will be revised for rare and/or incurable disease patients to import narcotics or psychotomimetic agents on their own if necessary for self-care.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS), on the 5th, pre-a...
MFDS extends range of contact drug manufacturing services for biologics
The range of subjects to outsource production of biologics will be extended, and they will specially acquire product approval if these biologics are orphan drugs.
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) recently r...
Last meeting for adjustment of the emergency household medicine list
The deliberative committee for adjustment of the emergency household medicine list, which had been carried out for a year and delayed for 6 months, is getting closer to the final meeting.
In the circumstance where it...
MFDS’s long-term ‘two track’ plan in case of Lipiodol drug price negotiation breakdown
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced that they were preparing the long-term ‘two-track’ plan in case of a breakdown of the Lipiodol drug price negotiation which has recently caused issues by supply sus...
