Lee Nak-yeon, a presidential candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea, mentioned the need to draw up regulations on the Early Retention Program (ERP) of foreign-invested companies, including foreign pharmaceutical companies. Attention is focusing on whether frequent ERP regulations in the pharmaceutical industry will be possible.

He made the remarks at a recent meeting in Gwangju Metropolitan City, "How to improve the working environment and secure the right to survive for workers in office research jobs and foreign-invested companies." "Recently, foreign-invested companies, including multinational pharmaceutical companies, have unilaterally implemented corporate changes such as division, acquisition