NIKOM ~ National Development Institute of Korean Medicine
Based on the values of the National Institute of Korean Medicine Development, we ascent from the 5,000 years of history to the next 100 years of Korean Medicine.
2026
- 03Inauguration of the 3nd Director, Hoyeon Go, of the National Institute of Korean Medicine Development
2025
- 02Re-designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine
2024
- 08Amendment of the “Korean Medicine Promotion Act” as the legal basis for establishment (adding duties such as data/statistics collection and international cooperation)
- 04Achieved Grade A for four consecutive years in the Management Performance Evaluation of Other Public Institutions by the Ministry of Health and Welfare
2023
- 12Accredited by KOLAS as an official testing laboratory in the fields of pharmaceuticals and microbiology
- 12GLP certification for the Nonclinical Research Center for Herbal Medicine in the field of genetic toxicology
2022
- 08Re-designated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety as a testing and inspection institution for pharmaceuticals (Quality Certification Center)
2021
- 09Transfer of operational support for the Herbal Medicine Supply and Demand Control Committee (Ministry of Health and Welfare → Institute)
- 04Designated by the Ministry of Health and Welfare as a support organization for overseas expansion of Korean medicine and attraction of foreign patients
- 04Inauguration of the 2nd Director, Changhyun Jeong, of the National Institute of Korean Medicine Development
- 01Named as the WHO’s traditional medicine cooperation center.
2020
- 11Korean Medicine Material Bank ISO 9001 certified.
- 05Named as the organizing R&D agency for the Korean Medicine Innovation Technology R&D Group.
2019
- 11Korean Medicine Manufacture Center (GMP) and the Korean Medicine Preclinical Center (GLP) completed.
- 06Launched the National Institute of Korean Medicine Development.
Inauguration of the 1st Director, Eungse Lee, of the National Institute of Korean Medicine Development.
2018
- 12Promulgation of the revised Korean Medicine Fostering Act (changed the name of the foundation).
2017
- 11Inauguration of the 2nd Director, Eungse Lee
- 02Designated as a Misc. Public Agency
2016
- 08Designated as a testing agency for medicines by the Quality Certification Center.
- 02Launching ceremony for the Korean Medicine Promotion Foundation
- 01Inauguration of the 1st Director, Heungmook Shin, of the Korean Medicine Promotion Foundation
2015
- 11Permit for the establishment of the Korean Medicine Promotion Foundation given.