Chungbuk province is one of 16 provinces in Korea. With its strategic location at the central part of Korea, it has been pushing ahead with bio initiative around Osong area. Along with 58 pharmaceutical, bio and medical equipments firms committed to relocate, 6 national agencies related to bio, medical, health industries will be moved into Osong area this coming November. Those agencies include Korea FDA, Korean NIH, Korean CDC, KHIDI and NTRI