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KFDA banned sales of Rubini strain MMR vaccine
The KFDA decided to suspend temporarily the sale of Rubini strain MMR vaccines until the time when the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Council presents the data to prove its efficacy and other epidemiological survey re...
Medical bill to review for more prevention than rejection.
The Health Insurance Review Agency (HIRA) is going to take the reviews on medical and pharmacy bills into more preventive than rejecting points.
In the professional journal press meeting on May 26, Dr. Shin Young-...
KFDA newly set up Drug Equivalency Evaluation Div.
The KFDA newly established the Drug Equivalency Evaluation Division in order to activate the biological efficacy equivalent test of drugs and changed the name of the National Institute of Toxicology Research into the ...
Herbal pharmacy not qualified to sell western medicines.
The herbal (oriental) pharmacist is not qualified to practice any western medicines at his pharmacy.
The Seoul municipal office answered as the above interpretation to the question raised by an oriental pharmacist ...
KGSP-nonaccredited firms will face business suspension
The KFDA has announced that if any drug wholesaler fail to get the accreditation of Korea Good Supply Practice (KGSP) within next month, he/she.will be subjected to business suspension from this July 1, irrespective o...
MOHW to sell out lands of KFDA and NIH till next year.
The MOHW announced on May 23 about the plans to sell the KFDA, the NIH and the Health Industry Promotion Board (HIPB) in a package until the next year in order to move them to Ohsong Life Science Industrial park accor...
Government's drug distribution policy to enforce as planned.
The MOHW reconfirmed to enforce the drug distribution policy as planned as the policy had a lot of merits by the fact that the National Assembly undertook its revision of the NHI act for the abolishment of the direct ...
Mounting discontents of some foreign firms over the insurance price re-assessment
The Ministry of Health and Welfare says that some pioneer drugs of foreign invested firms, which are intended to be re-listed as insurance drugs by switching their local production into importation, will be subjected ...
GMP certificates required when importing bulk pharmaceuticals.
Effective from July 1 the BGMP certificates are required when any bulk pharmaceuticals are imported from overseas. The certificate shall be issued by the relevant bulk supplier government or their public organizations...
National examination period for B hepatitis vaccines requested to shorten.
Under the attendance of the fine chemical related organizations and industries, the brief talk meeting in the fine chemical field took place at the Ministry of Industry and Energy on May 21. In the meeting they asked ...
