Number of new drug registrations getting declined.

The KFDA statistics reported that up to Oct. this year the new drug registration tolled the total 632 products including 481 ethical, 87 OTC and 63 bulk drugs, showing a declining trend, viewing the fact that an average number of new drug registration per month used to be over 100 products for years but substantially dropped to 60 products this year.

Such a slow trend seems to be attributed ...