The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) attended the annual meeting of the Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP*, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) from February 13 to 16, where it strengthened global network for cooperation in the field of medical device...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) approved cognitive therapy software (Product name: Somzz) developed by AIMMED as a 'digital therapeutic*' for the first time in the Republic of Korea on 15, February.

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) replaces the sell-by date marking system with the use-by date labeling system.* The sell-by date marking system that centered on food business operators has been used for 37 years since 1985. The consumer-...

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republicof Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) participates in Global Harmonization Working Party (GHWP*, Saudi Arabia Riyadh)annual meeting which is held February 13-16, to strengthen international cooperation networks in the medical device sectorin ...

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republicof Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) sends a delegation to theUAE(from January 28 ~ February 3) to support Koreahealthcare device export to the Middle East and Africa and topromote Korea-UAE cooperation in the healthcare sector. Thedelegation ...

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic ofKorea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) and the SANIPES of Peru signed‘Arrangement for Fishery Product Safety’ on January 13, aiming toimprove safety of Peruvian fishery products imported by Korea. ㅇ The arrangement was developed t...

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) held a bilateral meeting with Health Sciences Authority (HSA) of Singapore on December 6 at COEX (located in Gangnam-gu, Seoul) in order to support the advancement of domestic medical devices into ...

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister OH Yu-Kyoung) co-hosts the 8th INFOSAN* Regional Meeting in Asia-Pacific with the World Health Organization Western Pacific Regional Office (WHO WPRO), and etc. on December 6 and 7 in Osong, Chungcheongbuk-do. * As a global network of food safe...

□ The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) of the Republic of Korea (Minister Oh Yu-Kyoung) announced on November 30 that it has reached Maturity Level 4, the highest level achievable for regulatory system evaluation against the WHO’s Global Benchmarking Tool (GBT), in both medicines and va...

From 7 to 10 November, 2022, Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS, Minister Yu-Kyoung Oh) hosts the 2022 Korea-Asian sanitation and cooperation seminar on safety governance of agricultural-livestock and fishery products, inviting 19 experts from 10 Asian countries. * Participating...