1,090 drug adverse reactions to be reported in 1/2 of 2005.

The KFDA announced that during the first half of this year the total 1,090 adverse reactions were reported, which was about a double time higher than the same period last year of 907, showing an increasing trend from 363 in 2001 to 148 in 2002 and 393 in 2003.

Such a rising trend may be attributed to which the KFDA obligated all drug manufacturers to report drug adverse reactions after the r...