The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety explained that although the MFDS with the purpose of the legislation to strengthen regulations on drugs that have been conditionally approved for expedited marketing authorizations before completing Phase III clinical trials from the current guideline level to the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act level, its application will require ample collection of opinions from stakeholders. In other words, the MFDS has a cautious stance regarding the reinforcement of related regulations.

However, there was also the opinion that mandating all matters related to conditional expedited approval drugs to be decided through the Central Pharmaceutical Affairs Committee could lead to delay a