Korea Drug Research Association is a corporation established on August 13, 1986 by the special law (Industrial Technology Research Association Support Act) under the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning in preparation for substance patent implementation. It represents the domestic R & D-centered pharmaceutical industry and collaboratively carries out the implementation and supply of advanced R & D techniques for the industrial technology in the pharmacy field. The purpose of the association is to increase the pharmaceutical industry technology and to strengthen global innovation of the R & D-concentrated pharmaceutical industry to contribute to the development of national health and the economy.
To meet the foundation purpose of increased national health and economic development, we are proposing various businesses, such as the establishment and proposal of new drug development-related supporting policies and systems, regulation improvement, national R & D business plans, construction of cooperation and open innovation environment between internal and external industry–academic ventures, infra creation for R & D support, professional workforce training, international investigations for sustainability management of R & D-centered pharmaceutical industry, and strengthening of global innovative capability.