MFDS allows patients to import drugs containing cannabis for self-care purpose

The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety(MFDS) announced on the 18^th that they would start a process to legalize patients with rare and/or incurable diseases, such as epilepsy, that has no substitute in Korea to import drugs containing cannabis approved in other countries only for the self-care purpose.

The measure was prepared to extend treatment options for Korean rare and/or incurable diseases ...