SEOUL, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government has started a crackdown on flavored cigarettes that may encourage long-term smoking habits. The Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed plans on Saturday to implement strong measures that would regulate the flavoring used widely in cigarette products. The Ministry will be working alongside other government [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will ban the use of controversial chemical additives called phthalates in blood transfusion supplies and medical implants from later this year. The drug safety ministry announced on Sunday plans to extend the ban on phthalates currently limited to IV injection kits to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Samsung Biologics Co. said Wednesday its affiliate Samsung Bioepis Co. won a nod from South Korea’s drug agency to sell its biosimilar dubbed SB5. Through the approval granted by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Samsung Biologics said in a regulatory filing that the biosimilar is ready for sale in the country. The SB5 is a biosimilar of Humira released by U.S.-based AbbVie Inc., used for the treatment of various diseases including Crohn’s [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) decided on September 1 to increase the number of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) to be examined in sanitary pads for women from the current 10 to 86 substances. “We have added 76 more VOCs to the current 10 substances for examination, [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A new Cosmetics Act amendment allowing cosmetics companies to repackage and sell imported products in small quantities has been passed by the State Council, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said on Tuesday. According to the MFDS, the government agency in charge of protecting public health and ensuring the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Smoking and drinking could contribute to the accumulation of heavy metals inside the human body, according to a report released by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) on Tuesday. The report from the MFDS found a link between unhealthy habits such as drinking and smoking, and the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is hoping to change regulations by November to allow the limited use of medical instruments manufactured from 3D printers before they receive final government approval, officials said on Monday. The ministry mentioned through public symposiums that it is considering “fast-track approval” for such instruments, which [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) - The government here on Thursday announced an unprecedented campaign to reduce sugar consumption by its people, designating sugar as the main culprit behind the rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic diseases in Korean society. In the initial five-year phase of the anti-sugar campaign, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Food companies have started to cut down the sugar levels in their products to match consumer awareness of the substance blamed for rising obesity, industry officials said Wednesday, in step with government moves to reduce its intake through state-level measures. According to LinkAztec, a market research company, the business-to-consumer (B2C) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – Supplements to improve smoking behavior will be designated and administrated as sanitary aids even though they do not contain nicotine. The supplements only have fragrances added instead of nicotine, and are used as a thinner for concentrated nicotine used in vape pens. In addition, products used for oral hygiene [...]