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Progress in the Direct Application of Pharmacogenomics to Patient Care: Sustaining innovation

  • Burckart, Gilbert J.;Frueh, Felix W.;Lesko, Lawrence J.
    • 한국약용작물학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.11a
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    • pp.23-39
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    • 2006
  • The application of the knowledge from the Human Genome Project to clinical medicine will be through both industrial drug development and the application of pharmacogenomics (PG) to patient care. The slow uptake of clinical innovations into clinical practice can be frustrating, but understanding the history of acceptance and sustaining medical innovation is critically important to position PG to succeed. This primarily means that PG tests must have legitimacy; they must be thoroughly validated, must be cost-effective, must be widely accepted by medical practitioners, must be supported by public policy, and must have a way of being easily incorporated into current medical practice. They must also lead to actionalble decisions by health care providers for their patients. Innovative PG assays should be tested in the best US laboratories, and reimbursement for testing must be accepted at the federal and state level. The companies providing these PG tests should be capable of supporting the interpretation and use of the test throughout medical practice. Advances such as the addition of PG information to drug labeling and the routine use of validated biomarkers to determine choice of cancer chemotherapy have been made. The PG research community must pay attention to the principles that have been previously described for acceptance and sustaining medical innovations in order for PG to be widely accepted in clinical medical practice.

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Competitiveness in Exports of Pharmaceuticals to Developed Countries: A Comparative Policy Analysis on South Korea and India (선진국으로의 의약품 수출 경쟁력: 한국과 인도를 대상으로 한 정책비교분석 연구)

  • Yun, Su-Jin;Cho, Eun
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.56 no.2
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    • pp.116-125
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    • 2012
  • Local pharmaceutical companies in Korea, which have grown focusing on domestic markets, have recently faced difficulties such as market saturation, price control policies and market-opening pressures by FTA. It seems to be an urgent issue for them to export pharmaceuticals to developed countries comprising the greater part of the global pharmaceutical market. Hence, this research was conducted to investigate and benchmark the strategies employed by India industry for the successful access to the global pharmaceutical markets. Drug policies as well as their influences on pharmaceutical market changes between India and Korea for the last 40 years have been searched and the differences have been comparatively analyzed. The pharmaceutical industry of India has the following strengths: low costs; experienced labor pool; excellent reverse-engineering skills; powerful IT; marketing capability; and established distribution network. After 2000, consolidations, M&A and alliances with domestic and multinational companies have been sharply increased in the industry of India. Indian companies unfolding both competition and cooperation with multinational corporations currently move up the value-added chain, and this enthusiastic strategy should be learned by local pharmaceutical companies.

Simultaneous Determination of Plasticizers in Food Simulants Using GC/MS

  • Park, Na-Young;Yoon, Hae-Jung;Kwak, In-Shin;Jeon, Dae-Hoon;Choi, Hyun-Chul;Eum, Mi-Ok;Kim, Hyung-Il;Sung, Jun-Hyun;Kim, So-Hee;Lee, Young-Ja
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2009
  • Migration levels of plasticizers, di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl-butyl phthalate (BBP), di-n-octyl phthalate(DNOP), di-iso-decyl phthalate (DIDP) and di-iso-nonyl phthalate (DINP), di-(2-ethylhexyl) adipate (DEHA), from 46 poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) wrap films and 54 PVC gaskets into food simulants were determined using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). The method was validated with limit of detection (LOD) of $0.01{\sim}0.02\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DBP, BBP, DNOP and DEHA, and $2\;{\mu}g/mL$ for DIDP and DINP. The linearity were found to be > 0.99 for all the compounds in concentration range of $0.1{\sim}81.4\;{\mu}g/mL$, and overall recoveries were ranged from 90.4 ~ 99.6%. DBP, BBP, DNOP, DEHA, DIDP and DINP were not detected in food simulants, except 1 wrap sample from which 0.28 and $0.99\;{\mu}g/mL$ of DEHA were detected respectively when tested with 20% ethanol and n-heptane as food simulants. These values were below the regulatory limitation in European Union (EU).

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Heavy Metal Risk Management: Case Analysis

  • Kim, Ji-Ae;Lee, Seung-Ha;Choi, Seung-Hyun;Jung, Ki-Kyung;Park, Mi-Sun;Jeong, Ji-Yoon;Hwang, Myung-Sil;Yoon, Hae-Jung;Choi, Dal-Woong
    • Toxicological Research
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    • v.28 no.3
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    • pp.143-149
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    • 2012
  • To prepare measures for practical policy utilization and the control of heavy metals, hazard control related institutions by country, present states of control by country, and present states of control by heavy metals were examined. Hazard control cases by heavy metals in various countries were compared and analyzed. In certain countries (e.g., the U.S., the U.K., and Japan), hazardous substances found in foods (e.g., arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury) are controlled. In addition, the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) recommends calculating the provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI) of individual heavy metals instead of the acceptable daily intake (ADI) to compare their pollution levels considering their toxicity accumulated in the human body. In Korea, exposure assessments have been conducted, and in other countries, hazardous substances are controlled by various governing bodies. As such, in Korea and other countries, diverse food heavy metal monitoring and human body exposure assessments are conducted, and reducing measures are prepared accordingly. To reduce the danger of hazardous substances, many countries provide leaflets and guidelines, develop hazardous heavy metal intake recommendations, and take necessary actions. Hazard control case analyses can assist in securing consumer safety by establishing systematic and reliable hazard control methods.

Time Series Analysis of the Correlation Between the Number of Drug Crime Arrests and Media Coverage for Enhancing Police Response to Drug Crimes (경찰 대응 능력 강화를 위한 마약 범죄 검거 수와 언론보도량의 시계열 분석)

  • Jeong-Woo Lee;Seungkook Roh
    • Journal of Industrial Convergence
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    • v.21 no.6
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    • pp.13-21
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    • 2023
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the amount of media coverage related to drug crimes and the actual number of drug-related arrests. It aims to determine the implications of this relationship for the formulation of police policies in response to drug crimes. To achieve this, we collected and analyzed 50,355 domestic online media coverage data from 2001 to 2022 and drug crime arrest data compiled by the National Police Agency. The analysis confirmed a significant causal relationship between the amount of online media coverage of drug crimes and the actual number of drug crime arrests. This relationship was found to be influenced by the existence of dominant issues and the relevance of famous incidents. It was determined that media coverage was also influenced by public interest beyond drug crime arrest numbers. Based on these research findings, the police have proposed the need to monitor the amount of crime-related media coverage and enhance security capabilities for crimes that receive public attention in order to gain the trust of the citizens.

Analysis of key performance indicator for smart HACCP (스마트 HACCP 핵심 성과지표 분석)

  • Seo, Yeon-Beom;Park, Jung-Il;Go, Ji-Hun;Lee, Je-Myung;Hwang, Su-Jin
    • Food Science and Industry
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    • v.54 no.2
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    • pp.73-81
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    • 2021
  • Korea Agency of HACCP Accreditation and Services(KAHAS) has been focused on strengthen food safety management and competitiveness of the food industry. As a solution, the institution has launched the smart HACCP project, which is highly praised to be an innovation in food safety management system. KAHAS try to analysis of food manufacturing company, candidate of supporting about construction of smart factory from Small and Medium venture Business Department and confirm the effect of smart HACCP introduction. Korea Agency of HACCP Accreditation and Services will use these results for widespread of smart HACCP

Study on the Eating Habits and Practicability of Guidelines for Reducing Sodium Intake according to the Stage of Change in Housewives (주부의 나트륨 저감화 행동변화 단계에 따른 식행동 특성 분석 및 저나트륨 식사 방법의 실천용이도에 관한 연구)

  • Ahn, So-Hyun;Kwon, Jong-Sook;Kim, Kyungmin;Yoon, Jin-Sook;Kang, Baeg-Won;Kim, Jong Wook;Heo, Seok;Cho, Hea-Young;Kim, Hye-Kyeong
    • Korean Journal of Community Nutrition
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.724-736
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    • 2012
  • This study was intended to investigate the sodium-related perception, dietary behavior, and practicability of methods for reducing sodium intake(RSI) according to the stage of change in consumers. The survey was conducted to 770 housewives, among them 553 subjects who answered the key questions for the stage of change were categorized into 'Maintenance (M)' stage (maintaining reduced salt intake for more than 6 months; n = 287, 51.90%), 'Action (A)' stage (maintaining reduced salt intake for less than 6 months; n=139, 25.14%), and 'Pre-Action (P)' stage (not starting reduced salt intake; n = 127, 22.97%). The subjects in M and A were significantly older than those in P (p < 0.01). The scores of desirable dietary habit and dietary balance were the highest in M followed by A and P. When eating out, the subjects in P considered 'price' more and 'healthiness of food' less than those in M and A did. Among the guidelines for RSI, 'Avoid Processed Foods', 'Eat enough vegetables and fruits' and 'Add little amount of dipping sauce for fried food' were selected as the three easiest items to perform. With regard to the sodium-related perception, the subjects in M considered eating-out food to be more salty than homemade dishes, read nutrition labels more, avoided table salt or dipping sauce for fried food more, and had 'own low-sodium recipe' than those in P (p < 0.001). It is suggested that practicability of actions for RSI and the stage of change should be considered to develop effective personalized education program and nutrition guidance.

Semantic Change of Crude Drug Preparations in Korea and Policy Evaluation (생약제제의 의미 변천과 정책적 문제 검토)

  • Kim, Yun-Kyung;Cho, Sunyoung;Kim, Jiyeon;Kang, Yeonseok
    • Herbal Formula Science
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.29-43
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    • 2013
  • Objectives : The aim of this study is reviewing the past legal definition and regulations, to provide basis for the future desirable direction of Korean herbal pharmaceutical industry and national herbal drug policies. Methods : We reviewed how concept of herbal medicinal preparation has been utilized and changed along with various national laws and regulations. And this study also reviewed problems related herbal medicinal preparation policies. Results : Since 1990s, especially inauguration of Korea Food & Drug Administration (KFDA) at 1998, the concept of crude drug preparation has constantly expanded and distorted the scope of herbal medicinal preparations. This resulted in decline of herbal medicinal preparation industry. Conclusions : It means policies related herbal medicinal preparation which was driven steadily during this decade have lost their consistency. Also, it restricted the various medical options which can guarantee people's health rights.