Korea and Singapore ink MoU to advance regulatory science cooperation across Asia

The Korea Regulatory Science Center (K-RSC), led by Director General Oh Jae-ho, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) to strengthen international collaboration in biohealth regulatory science. 

The new partnership establishes a strategic framework for cooperation between K-RSC and NUS Medicine, with a shared goal of enhancing regulatory science expertise and fostering greater regional collaboration.

Through the agreement, both institutions will work together to promote innovation, support workforce development, and address emerging challenges in the rapidly evolving bio-health regulatory landscape.

Under the MOU, K-RSC and NUS Medicine will collaborate in several areas, including:

• Co-hosting academic conferences, symposia, and regulatory science meetings, with mutual participation as speakers and invited experts.
• Developing and delivering student exchange programmes, certification courses, and joint educational curricula in regulatory science.
• Sharing research findings, policy insights, and best practices, including case studies and regulatory developments across ASEAN countries.
• Conducting joint academic and policy research projects in the field of regulatory science.
• Expanding regulatory science networks throughout Asia and contributing to the development of a regional collaboration hub.

K-RSC and NUS Medicine will focus on advancing educational and research exchanges that contribute to the development of regulatory science professionals while generating meaningful outcomes through international collaborative research.

Image caption- Oh Jae-ho, Director General of the Korea Regulatory Science Centre (left) and Assoc Prof Seok Kwon Soga from the Department of Pharmacology at NUS Medicine (right)