The Philippine Food and Drug Administration (PH-FDA) has newly listed Korea’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety as a Reference Drug Regulatory Agency, which is expected to shorten the approval process of domestic drugs that are exported to the Philippines.

The MFDS announced that it has been listed as a Reference Drug Regulatory Agency by the PH-FDA on the 30th.

The PH-FDA operates a Facilitated Review Pathway (FRP) system, which is a fast-track review pathway that allows rapid review and approval of new drugs and generic drugs already approved by regulator authorities listed as Reference Drug Regulatory Agencies. With the listing, the statutory review period of Korea’s drugs in the Phi