Policies at a standstill due to absence of MFDS minister

By Lee, Jeong-Hwan | translator Alice Kang

22.06.14 06:00:40

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Personnel hearing not held due to confrontation between the ruling and opposition parties…Minister of MOHW position left unoccupied for over a month

Pharma industry longs for “specifics to be made on the establishment of the Pharma-Bio Innovation Committee”

With the ruling and opposition parties having difficulty coming to an agreement on the composition of the NA leadership, the prolonged policy gap in national disease control and prevention and the pharma-bio industry is intensifying due to the absence of the Minister of Health and Welfare.

President Suk-Yeol Yoon’s administration had set out to promote a roadmap for an emergency response to COVID-19 within 100 days of his inauguration and establish a Pharma-Bio Innovation Committee, but the position of the Minister of Health and Welfare that is required to perform both tasks has remained vacant since President Yoon’s inauguration.

On the 13th, the ruling and opposition party is butting

Lee, Jeong-Hwan(junghwanss@dailypharm.com)

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