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- DREC rejects reimb of neurofibromatosis drug ‘Koselugo'
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Mar 8, 2022 06:08am
- The new neurofibromatosis drug ‘Koselugo (selumetinib),’ failed to receive reimbursement benefits in Korea. The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service decided the drug as a ‘non-benefit' after deliberation on the adequacy of providing medical benefit for the drug at the 3rd Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee that was held thi
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- Brukinsa was approved using phase 2 data on MCL indications
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Mar 4, 2022 05:57am
- Brukinsa 80mg (Zanubrutinib), the first new drug in Korea by Chinese pharmaceutical company Beijing, has secured MCL indications only with therapeutic clinical trial data (phase 2). This is because there was an expert opinion that according to Article 7, No. 6 of the Regulations on Item Permission, Report, and Review of Medicines, it could r
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- Janumet's salt change consigned drug have been approved for
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Mar 4, 2022 05:57am
- A large number of Janumet's salt change combination, which is commissioned and manufactured by Daewon Pharmaceutical, have been approved for items. The MFDS applied for a diabetes complex by Jin Yang, Young Poong, Withus, and Neo Bio Korea Pharm on the 2nd. 8 items of Sitaglipin HCl+Metformin and Colloidal Silicon Dioxide have been approve
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- Ahn Cheol Soo, promised for Vaccine Sovereignty
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Mar 3, 2022 06:00am
- Like other party candidates, the presidential candidate of the People's Party Ahn Cheol Soo also put securing vaccine sovereignty and fostering the pharmaceutical bio-industry at the forefront of health care pledges. It also announced specific pledges such as half-price hair loss drugs, free vaccination against rotavirus in newborns, supp
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- To establish a pharmaceutical bio-innovation committee
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Mar 3, 2022 06:00am
- Yoon Suk-youl, presidential candidate for the presidential election, pledged to establish a "pharmaceutical bio-innovation committee" directly under the Prime Minister, while creating an ecosystem that can establish sovereignty in pharmaceutical bio and foster key talents and jobs in the pharmaceutical bio industry. It is said that it will ov
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- Negotiations with NHIS on Actemra have been completed
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Mar 2, 2022 05:54am
- Actemra (Tocilizumab), a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis by JW Pharma, has been officially recognized as a treatment for COVID-19 in Korea. The drug, which has been used in patients with severe COVID-19 for purposes other than permission, will also be covered by health insurance benefits from March. On the 24th, the MOHW announced that
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- Keytruda is reimbursed as first-line at ₩2,107,642
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Feb 28, 2022 05:54am
- The insurance price of MDS Korea’s immuno-oncology drug Keytruda(pembrolizumab) inj. that is used for non-small-cell lung cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma will drop 25.6% with its reimbursement extended from the second-line to the first-line starting next month, Astellas Korea’s Xospata 40mg (gilteritinib), as well as Novartis Korea’s Lutather
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- BeiGene's Brukinsa has been approved in Korea
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Feb 28, 2022 05:54am
- Brukininsa 80mg (Zanubrutinib), a BTK inhibitor from Chinese pharmaceutical company BeiGene, has obtained an item license in Korea. It is the second new drug approved by a Chinese pharmaceutical company after Antengene's Xpovio 20mg (Selinexor) in July last year. On the 24th, the MFDS approved Brukinsa, a new drug for treating blood cancer
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- President Moon said, "WHO selects Korea as a vaccine hub"
- by Kang, Shin-Kook Feb 28, 2022 05:54am
- President Moon Jae In evaluated that the government's efforts to become a vaccine hub country have paid off, saying that Korea has been exclusively selected as the "WHO Global Bio Human Resources Development Hub." President Moon posted on SNS on the 24th and said, "This is the result of being internationally recognized for Korea's biopharm
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- Voluntary price cuts of originals as ‘trade-offs’ an issue
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 25, 2022 05:57am
- ‘Discounting the price of existing drugs to list high-priced new drugs.’ Recently, the pharmaceutical industry has been buzzing with speculations that some companies are voluntarily reducing the price of their original drugs as a fiscal sharing strategy to receive reimbursement. This strategy, which was considered unimaginable before
