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KFDA to upgrade DMF system
The Korea Food and Drug Administration today holds its information session over the implementation of the newly revised DMF (drug master file) system, under which local drug manufacturers and/or importers are obliged ...
Pharmacist to file suit over administrative disposition
A pharmacist said it will file an administrative suit against a regional public health center with a court.
More recently, the pharmacist sold an OTC drug to a pregnant woman who asked about the side effects at his...
Shinpoong enters into exclusive agreement with HRA Pharma over Ulipristal, uterine fibroids drug
Shinpoong Pharmaceutical said on December 2 that it has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with France based HRA Pharma to develop and commercialize ulipristal acetate in Korea for benign gynecological disorders,...
Ildong to join hands with Taiwan Liposome Company
Ildong Pharmaceutical plans to commercialize ProFlow Injection (prostaglandin E1) in Korea through an exclusive distribution with Taiwan based Taiwan Liposome Company (TLC).
Ildong forecasts that TLC’s ProFlow will...
Recall of diet pill ‘sibutramine’ goes heeded
With the Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)’s decision to ban sales of controversial sibutramine-based drugs, mostly used for weight loss last October, it is known that such drugs have been recalled properly du...
CKD Bio receives export award
CKD Bio, an affiliated company of Chong Kun Dang Pharmaceutical Co., was awarded the $100 million Export Tower by the Korea International Trade Association at the 47th Trade Day event on November 30.
The award was ...
30 medical device makers fined for unfair practices
Local manufacturers and distributors of medical device, who were found to give kickbacks to doctors and hospitals, have been fined, it was reported recently.
The National Tax Service (NTS) said that it imposed a co...
CJ completes 150 billion GMP plant
CJ Cheil Jedang says it has completed construction on the 150-billion-won Osung Plant, North Chungcheong Province.
The plant's opening ceremony will be held on December 3 at Osung Life Science Complex, where the mi...
Kim named President of Handok Pharm
Kim Chul-joon, incumbent Vice President of Handok Pharm, has been named the new president, the company said Monday.
Kim, 56, served as a chief of R&D department from 2006, playing a key role in setting up the comp...
Drugmakers skeptical over off-label drug use
Why is the majority of Korean pharmaceutical firms shying away from off-label use that that would benefit them?
"Off-label" means the medication is being used in a manner not specified in the KFDA's approved packag...
