Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences Co., Ltd. is a specialized dermatological science evaluation institution established in 2012, providing services to assess the safety and efficacy of cosmetics, quasi-drugs, beauty devices, health functional foods, and more. It is led by CEO Ahn In-sook and headquartered in Songpa-gu, Seoul.

"Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences (KIDS) is a specialized evaluation institution leading the future of dermatological science, providing total solutions encompassing human application tests and non-clinical tests for general and functional cosmetics, raw materials, quasi-drugs, beauty devices, and health functional foods. With generous investment in 'people, technology, and equipment,' we provide reliable and transparent results, and are equipped with GLP non-clinical testing facility certification and a systematic research environment that complies with international standards."

Business Areas

• Cosmetic and Raw Material Evaluation: The Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences provides agency services for evaluating the safety and efficacy of general and functional cosmetics, as well as cosmetic raw materials. This includes various scientific methods such as human application tests, non-clinical tests, and cell efficacy evaluations.
• Evaluation of Quasi-drugs, Beauty Devices, and Health Functional Foods: We conduct human application tests and non-clinical tests for quasi-drugs, beauty devices, and health functional foods to verify product safety and efficacy. In particular, we are actively expanding our clinical trial agency services and related business areas in the health functional food sector.
• Overseas Regulatory Response and Consulting: We provide agency services for China's hygiene permits and support NMPA hygiene permit registration to help clients enter the global market. Additionally, through accelerator activities, we diversify our business areas by discovering and nurturing early-stage startups, providing investment, and offering business management advice and consulting.

Products

• Human Application Test Service: We provide services to evaluate the efficacy and safety of cosmetics, quasi-drugs, beauty devices, health functional foods, etc., by directly applying them to the human body. We cover various functional and safety evaluation items such as whitening, wrinkle improvement, moisturizing, UV protection, and sensitivity/irritation assessment.
• Non-clinical Testing and Cell Efficacy Evaluation: Designated as a GLP non-clinical testing facility by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, we conduct in vitro tests to evaluate the toxicity and efficacy of raw materials and products at the cellular level. This secures scientific evidence and derives results organically linked to clinical trials.
• Quality Inspection and Analysis Service: We perform general analyses such as cosmetic content volume and pH, as well as analyses of harmful heavy metals like lead and cadmium, prohibited/limited ingredients, functional ingredient content, and microbial analyses. These services are essential for ensuring product quality and safety.

Special Notes

• Top-tier professional research team and infrastructure: We provide professional and reliable test results based on a research team with master's and doctoral degrees, including dermatologists who were former university hospital directors, and state-of-the-art analytical equipment. We operate research institutes in Munjeong, Gasan, and Wonju in Seoul to strengthen our research capabilities.
• Securing international trust and one-stop solution: We have secured international trust through GLP non-clinical testing facility certification designated by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and provide a one-stop total solution encompassing human application tests and non-clinical tests. This efficiently supports our clients' research and development processes.
• Systematic research system and adherence to ethical standards: We maintain an ethical and systematic research environment by operating an IRB (Institutional Review Board), GCP-based SOPs, and ISO 9001·14001 quality and environmental management systems. We strictly adhere to domestic and international regulations and guidelines to derive credible clinical results.

Recruitment Information

• Main Hiring Positions: We primarily recruit for positions such as Cosmetic Dermatology Clinical Trial Researcher, Health Functional Food Clinical Trial Researcher, Clinical Researcher (English Report Specialist), Clinical Research Institute CX Manager, and Non-clinical Evaluation (GLP) Researcher.
• Benefits: We provide annual leave, monthly leave, congratulatory/condolence leave, four major insurances (National Pension, Health Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employment Insurance), retirement pension, five-day work week, half-day leave system, refresh leave, reward leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave, Labor Day holiday, workshops/MT, family care policy, public holidays, quarter-day leave system, in-house events, birthday events, weekend holidays, etc.

💡 A Word from JobPloy
The Korea Institute of Dermatological Sciences is a specialized research institution that evaluates the efficacy and safety of cosmetics, quasi-drugs, health functional foods, etc. Recruitment primarily occurs for researcher positions, where analysis and report writing based on scientific evidence are crucial. If applying as a foreign worker, expertise in the field, along with the ability to write reports in Korean and English, and an understanding of international standards, can be strong advantages. Due to the nature of research roles, meticulousness and analytical thinking are required, and collaboration skills are also important as there are many team projects.