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- The adverse drug reaction rate of Trulicity is 19%
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 11, 2022 05:58am
- As a result of a six-year post-marketing survey of Type 2 diabetes treatment Trulicity in Lilly Korea, 15 cases of serious adverse drug reactions that cannot be excluded from causal relationships were reported. The permit will be changed as 62 unexpected adverse drug reactions, which cannot exclude causal relationships, also occurred. The
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- NHIS to study measures on improving the PVA system
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 11, 2022 05:58am
- With a study on improving the price-volume agreement (PVA) system in plan, the possibility that the improvement may increase drugs subject to PVA is being raised. According to industry sources on the 8th, the National Health Insurance Service is preparing to conduct a research to ‘evaluate the performance of and improve the Price-Volume
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- National Responsibility for the Side Effects of Vaccines
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 11, 2022 05:58am
- Ahn Cheol Soo, the chairman of the presidential transition committee/the special chairman of the COVID-19 emergency response committee said they would provide wide support for adverse reactions to the COVID-19 vaccine while significantly easing the burden of public proof. On the 7th, Chairman Ahn held the 6th meeting of the COVID-19 Speci
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- CAR T-cell therapy has shown the disappearance of leukemia
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Apr 11, 2022 05:57am
- A research team of domestic CAR-T (Chimeric Antigen Receiver-T Cell) treatment confirmed the disappearance of leukemia cells in clinical trials of pediatric and adolescent leukemia patients. The government plans to positively evaluate the treatment of children and adolescents with leukemia through advanced regenerative medical clinical res
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- Chinese companies are set to debut in the domestic market
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 11, 2022 05:57am
- Chinese pharmaceutical companies' new anti-cancer drugs, which were approved in Korea last year, are more likely to be listed on the Korean health insurance. Expectations for benefits are growing as BeiGene's Bruxinsa passed the HIRA's Cancer Disease Review Committee as a sole treatment for WM adult patients the previous day. Another Chine
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- The benefit adequacy of Lorviqua was recognized
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Pfizer Pharmaceutical's Lorviqua has taken a step closer to insurance benefits in recognition of benefit adequacy as a treatment for non-small cell lung cancer. If negotiations with the NHIS are smoothly concluded in the future, the final benefit will be successful. The HIRA announced on the 7th that it held the 4th Drug Reimbursement Evaluat
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- Bavencio by Merck passed the Cancer Drugs Benefit Committee
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 8, 2022 06:08am
- Immuno-cancer drug Merck Bavencio passed the Cancer Drugs Benefit Appraisal Committee as an indication for urinary tract epithelial cell cancer. The HIRA's Cancer Drugs Benefit Appraisal Committee held the 4th meeting in 2022 on the 6th and announced that Bavencio's standards for urinary epithelial cell cancer have been set. Cancer Drugs
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- Phase 3 of Voclosporin has been approved in Korea
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 7, 2022 06:10am
- Phase 3 clinical trials of Voclosporin, the first oral treatment for lupus nephritis, will be conducted in Korea. On the 6th, the MFDS approved a clinical trial of Voclosporin, an LN treatment of Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Iljin SNT. Phase 3 clinical trials will be conducted at Seoul National University Hospital and Kyungp
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- The negotiation period for patent expired drugs ,shortened
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 7, 2022 06:10am
- The Regulatory Reform Committee passed a regulation that would shorten the negotiation period for lowering the drug price of the original patented drug from 60 days to 20 days, effectively confirming its implementation. According to the results of the drug price reduction dispute, the revision of the law, in which the government refunds damag
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- 76 generics for DM tx Jardiance Duo have been approved
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 6, 2022 06:06am
- Generics for Jardiance Duo, a diabetes treatment complex affiliated with SGLT-2 inhibition of Beringer Ingelheim, have been approved. On the 4th and 5th, the MFDS approved 76 items of Empagliflozin/Metformin HCl from 26 pharmaceutical companies. Generics for Jardiance Duo are commissioned by Dongkoo Bio. Empagliflozin/ Metformin for the
