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Be Alert for DMF Revisions
September 9th, 2010. Seoul.
The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said that the agency plans to overhaul the current drug master file (DMF) program by Year 2015, in a bid to ensure a 'global synch' of documentation procedure for drug applications.
Under the revised DMF program, when implemented, domestic or multinational drug manufacturers may voluntarily register relevant data (i.e. ingredient, quality, manufacturing SOP, etc) of their active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) to the regulatory agency, starting from January 1st, 2015.
The registered data will be referenced in the drug approval review, and be regarded as a part of required data submission.
Manufacturers of APIs may register the information which should adhere to the [Korean] Pharmaceutical Affairs Law.
Data for API registration includes API’s name, ingredient (or, when ingredient is not known, its nature), manufacturing method, characteristics, quality, and storage method.
Also, data for DMF registration include APIs and intermediates, formulation materials, excipients (new excipients and new pre-mixes with a different composition ratio from the existing ones), and container/wrapping materials.
In case of New Drug Application (NDA) process, the requestor should reference the DMF Registration Number, and a simplified DMF documentation format must be updated to detail a full description.
If the DMF paperwork fails to furnish a full description, the approval review will be delayed otherwise.
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2010.09.10