Measures on talc containing asbestos draw varying reactions

Experts disclosed different views with respect to their approaches to the Korea Food and Drug Administration’s recent measures to issue sales bans and recall orders on 1,122 drugs and medical goods confirmed to have used talc contaminated with asbestos.

In his contribution to a daily newspaper, Professor Chun In-goo of Dongduck pharmacy college claimed that the KFDA overreacted as it has yet...