2 Tylenol products stopped production will be decided in 2Q

,whether to cancel convenience store drugs

Ministry of Health and Welfare, "We are supplying convenience stores due to the considerable amount of inventory already produced"

In the second half of this year, the Ministry of Health and Welfare plans to discuss the cancellation of the safety household medicine designation and the designation of additional alternative medicines for two Tylenol items, which have stopped production due to the sale of Janssen Korea's Hyangnam plant.

 

On the 11th, the Ministry of Health and Welfare Ministry of Health and Welfare's Pharmaceutical Affairs Policy Division announced through a press briefing on media reports that the response to Tylenol, a safe and household medicine that has been suspended for more than a year, was insufficient.

 

Some items, such as Tylenol 80mg for children and Tylenol 160mg, were withdrawn in March 2022 due to the relocation of the Tylenol manufacturer's factory overseas.

 

A media company reported a critical article claiming that the government was neglecting the two items even though they had not been supplied for a year and four months due to a halt in production.

 

In response, the Ministry of Health and Welfare explained that there is a considerable amount of inventory that has already been produced and that there are items that are trying to re-permit after relocating the factory, so they are examining the situation in consideration of the use of inventory and the possibility of re-permission.

 

In particular, it also announced that it would make a decision within the second half of the year on the cancellation of the designation of safety and emergency medicines for two items that have been discontinued and the designation of additional alternative medicines.

 

Regarding the suspension of supply, the Pharmaceutical Affairs Policy Division said, “It is not that the supply to convenience stores has stopped because the stock that has already been produced is being distributed.” The Pharmacy Policy Division continued, "Tylenol tablets for children 80mg and Tylenol tablets 160mg are alternative items such as children's Ibuprofen syrup and children's Tylenol suspension." "We will quickly discuss and decide on the need to cancel the designation of safe household medicines for the two items that have been discontinued and the need to additionally designate alternative drugs.

 

According to the safety and household medicine system, the designation decision is made in consideration of the ingredients, side effects, content, dosage form, awareness, and convenience of purchase of the item," the Pharmaceutical Affairs Policy Division said.

 

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