South Korea to Use AI to Find Hidden Bio Materials and Strengthen Food/Drug Safety
Creatrip Team
2 months ago
The government approved two 5-year plans (2026–2030) to apply AI across bio-research resources and food/drug regulatory science. The 4th National Life Research Resources Plan shifts from ‘acquire/manage’ to ‘share/use’ by promoting AI-driven discovery of hidden bio materials, developing new materials, and strengthening a national bio-data integration platform (K-BDS) to collect over 7 million records by 2030. It mandates data management plans, expands quality centers, builds high-performance computing for sensitive human-derived data, and fosters public–private collaboration (proposed National Bio Innovation Committee) to support regional bio-material industries and domestic sourcing. The first Food and Drug Regulatory Science Innovation Plan will use AI and big data to predict and block safety risks, streamline medical product approval with AI-assisted review systems, improve domestic manufacturing of essential medical products, and provide proactive evaluation standards to speed market entry for innovative products. Both plans emphasize legal and institutional reforms, workforce training, and international cooperation to boost Korea’s bio- and regulatory-science competitiveness.
