Background: Clinical trial is the test of new drugs on safety and efficacy to human beings. Currently, the investment in new drug development in Korea and the multi-national clinical trials in Asian region are increasing. In spite of the revision of r...
Background: Clinical trial is the test of new drugs on safety and efficacy to human beings. Currently, the investment in new drug development in Korea and the multi-national clinical trials in Asian region are increasing. In spite of the revision of regulation, there are many difficulties in conducting clinical trials in Korea for the deficiency of experience and immaturity of using a new system. This paper analyzes the foreign regulation and service of clinical trial and the current status in Korea through a survey of the related institution. From these data this paper will investigate the problem and suggest the improvement in conducting clinical trial.
Methods: The data including homepage of government office, journals, news and seminars was collected and analyzed to understand foreign regulations in United States, European Union, Japan, Australia and Taiwan. The survey of the institutions related to clinical trial was conducted to check the domestic status.
Results: Each country has a similar approval process of clinical trial and new drug but it has own peculiarity; Providing wide and specific data by Center for Drug Evaluation and Research(CDER) in United States, Centralized system of EU, consultation of Japan by the Organization for Pharmaceutical safety and Research(OPRS), Clinical Trial Notification(CTN) scheme of Australia and Joint of Institutional Review Board(JIRB) of Taiwan. Thanks to these, the time required for approval is saved. The survey shows that domestic clinical trial will increase and its market will be extended. Besides, It indicates the lack of labor, insufficient education, the necessity of specification of related regulations as the biggest problem.
Conclusions: To solve the above-mentioned problem it will be required that regulation is applied clearly, specific data provided, IRB managed co-operatively, consultation executed gradually. In addition, supplement of labor and regular education are needed.