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Transfer of product licence allowed from Jan. next year.
The MOHW decided to allow the transfer of drug manufacture or import licence and an adoption of drug bar code system effective from Jan. 2000, in line with the government administration reform programs for rationaliza...
Mr. Cha Heung-bong nominated to Minister of MOHW
President Kim Dae-jung yesterday (May 24) announced a major cabinet reshuffle by replacing 11 new ministers out of 17 ministers including the MOHW.
Mr. Cha Heung-bong , the chairman of the National Pension Corporatio...
Health Industry Promotion Board provides market and technology information services.
President Chang Im-won of the Health Industry Promotion Board (HIPB) that was founded in March announced in the press meeting on May 18 that the Board would pursue the 4 key projections including services for the dome...
All drug registration processes displayed to internet.
The KFDA announced that all official services for civil petitions including a drug registration would be open in public by displaying all processes from the application point to the final authorization stage on the in...
Convenient store at pharmacy likely to grant
The MOHW interpreted that the convenient store business at retail pharmacy was provisionally legitimate, which shows a new direction for retail pharmacies to seek diversified business possibilities in future.
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KFDA painful to identify drug efficacy equivalency issue raised by civic groups.
The definition of drug equivalent efficacy suggested by the civic group in connection with the latest proposal of the medical and pharmacy separation plan seems to be hardly acceptable to the KFDA and the pharmaceutic...
MOHW cut off 1 bureau, 1 officer and 6 sections but KFDA unchanged.
According to the 2nd government downsizing program announced on May 17 the MOHW will close one bureau, one officer and 6 divisions, reducing about 296 government officials working in the MOHW while the KFDA seems to b...
KFDA 1/4 periodical inspection detected 45 violators.
The KFDA inspected 69 drug manufacturers and 79 importers, the total 148 companies during the first quarter of this year about the quality control of drugs and found 45 violators against pharmaceutical provisions.
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KFDA confirmed efficacy of 6 hepatitis B virus vaccines.
The KFDA announced on May 14 that the drug efficacy of hepatitis B virus vaccine preparations was confirmed by the result of the drug review works having conducted from 1996 for 6 different brands which were ma...
Panel discussion over drug industry restructuring policy.
On May 7 the Health Industry Promotion Board held a panel discussion on the subject of the restructuring policy over the Korean pharmaceutical industry, inviting Mr. Song Jae-sung, the director of the Health Policy Bu...
