Following biological agents such as insulin, the cold chain regulations for refrigerated and frozen medicines such as eye drops will be eased.

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety announced today (26th) a revision to the "Prime Ministerial Decree on Safety of Drugs," which includes reasonable improvement in temperature management methods to be observed when transporting refrigerated and frozen drugs, and will receive opinions by March 27. The revision to the Prime Minister's Decree calls for dividing the refrigerated and frozen storage products into the current refrigerated and frozen storage products and the allowed products to be stored at temperatures other than refrigerated and frozen for a certain