Location
Building # 21-206, San 56-1, Sillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Korea
Tel: 82-2-880-7827, Fax: 82-2-884-8334
Homepage: http://www.snurips.ac.kr

History
The Institute was founded in the College March 24, 1981. To support the Institute and to promote research activities of the faculty members, the College established “The Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and Research” by the funds donated from alumni as well as major domestic pharmaceutical industries. With the funds, the Foundation was legally incorporated into a non-profit organization, which was later approved by the University and the Ministry of Education on March 22, 1983. The Institute is the working institution of the Foundation ever since.
A brief history of the institute includes;
1981 Establishment of the institute
1983 Establishment of the Foundation for Pharmaceutical Education and Research
1992 Completion of the Pharmaceutical Research Building
1997 Completion of the Pharmaceutical Animal Research Facility
1997 Promotion of the Institute to the Associate Research Institute of Seoul National University

Organization
The Institute consists of the Steering Committee, four Research Divisions, Central Instruments Laboratory, Pharmaceutical Animal Facility and Pharmaceutical Plant for Education and Research. The Steering Committee consists of seven members, i.e., Director, four Division heads, the Laboratory chief and a Faculty member. The four Research Divisions include Basic Pharmaceutical Science, Drug Development, Safety and Efficacy and Environmental Hygiene.
Central Instruments Laboratory The central laboratory was established to maximize the utility of the instruments by centralizing expensive research equipments. Currently, the central laboratory possesses over 330 equipments, which are maintained and managed by five expert scientists and 3 supportive technical assistants.
Animal Experimental Center The animal facility (1,071m2), located in a separate building, was established to maintain research animals based on GLP guideline. To minimize the environmental contamination, the animals were housed in a complete and semi-complete isolation in terms of the air supply. The rooms in the building were categorized into three separate zones; The toxicological study zone for maintaining SPF animals with complete environmental isolation, general animal study zone for maintaining SPF animals with semi-complete environmental isolation and office zone. Pathogen monitoring is routinely carried out for the toxicological study zone and the general animal study zone. The general access of the facility is strictly limited while the access of the graduate students and researchers may be granted provided that the individuals take animal handling course and follows the current guideline of the animal facility.
Pharmaceutical Plant for Education and Research The pharmaceutical plant (1,590m2), located in a separate building, was established to facilitate the undergraduate education with pharmaceutical production and to provide facility for pilot scale production of test formulations. The facility was built according to the current KGMP guidelines and provides up-to-date production facilities for the production of solid dosage forms and parenteral formulations. The utilities (i.e., water and air) are separately supplied for solid dosage form production and parenteral formulation production to eliminate the cross contamination.

Staffs
The research institute has most qualified researchers in the field. First of all, 35 faculties of the College of Pharmacy participate in the institute. Secondly, over 49 researchers with Ph.D. degree as well as over 200 graduate students take parts in the institute. Furthermore, 18 supportive assistants are responsible for the maintenance and service for the institute to support various research activities in the institute. As a result of the support, approximately five research papers are published in a year for a researcher in the institute.