Jeonbuk Province Selected for Establishment of Animal Drug Efficacy and Safety Evaluation Center through Public Contest

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 7th that it has been finally selected as the recipient of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' public contest for the 'Establishment of an Evaluation Center for the Efficacy and Safety of Veterinary Drugs,' securing 12.5 billion KRW in national funding.

The Evaluation Center for the Efficacy and Safety of Veterinary Drugs aims to establish an internationally standardized specialized testing institution (GLP) that conducts evaluation tests necessary for domestic approval and export of veterinary drugs. It is planned to be constructed as a two-story building (9,300㎡) on the site next to the Institute of Zoonosis Research.

This project is the first phase of the 'Establishment of an Animal Care Cluster,' a detailed project to realize the presidential regional pledge of the 'Asia Smart Agro-Bio Valley.' It was planned to secure core technologies for responding to livestock infectious diseases and to enhance the production of high-quality veterinary drugs and export competitiveness.

Choi Jae-yong, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Bureau, said, “We will actively strive to transform the veterinary drug industry into a future high value-added new growth industry by utilizing infrastructure in the agro-bio research field, contributing to the realization of the Asia Smart Agro-Bio Valley, which represents Jeonbuk Province’s Samrak Nongjeong agro-bio industry.”

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