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- Increasing requests for BESREMi reimbursement
- by Whang, byung-woo May 7, 2025 06:02am
- Whether the polycythemia vera (PV) treatment BESREMi (ropeginterferon alfa-2b) will be considered for the Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee (DREC) review gains attention. According to the pharmaceutical industry sources, the 5th DREC of the Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA) is scheduled to convene on the 8th. BES
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- Reimb for ovarian cancer treatment lacks full coverage
- by Whang, byung-woo May 2, 2025 05:56am
- Despite expanded reimbursement for homologous recombinant deficiency (HRD)-positive ovarian cancer, HRD-related tests remain non-reimbursed. The Korean medical community has taken the initiative to resolve this issue. Sources reported that the Korean Society of Gynecologic Oncology is collecting evidence to propose reimbursing the HRD test
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- Ofev will be reimbursed next month
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 29, 2025 05:57am
- Ofev Soft Cap (nintedanib esylate, Boehringer Ingelheim Korea) , which was approved in South Korea in 2016, will be listed for reimbursement next month, creating an opportunity for follow-on drugs. It took a long time to secure reimbursement, and with its compound patent already expired, generic manufacturers have obtained marketing autho
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- 13 items including Jakavi receive price cuts in May
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 29, 2025 05:56am
- Starting May 1, the insurance price ceiling of 13 items on the drug reimbursement list will be reduced. Among them, five items are voluntary reductions requested by the manufacturers. According to industry sources on the 28th, the insurance ceiling prices of 13 items will be reduced in May, including the price of Jakavi Tab, which will b
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- Will Enhertu be reimb for HER2-low cancer in Korea?
- by Whang, byung-woo Apr 28, 2025 05:55am
- Results of the deliberation on the reimbursement expansion of the new antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for HER2-low breast cancer and lung cancer are drawing attention. According to industry sources, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service's Cancer Disease Deliberation Committee (CDDC) is scheduled
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- 'Social discussions needed for indication-based pricing'
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 28, 2025 05:54am
- There have been calls for caution regarding the introduction of an “indication-based drug pricing system,” to improve patient access to multi-target anticancer drugs that treat various types of cancer. The concern is that if the insurance drug price for a specific disease among the multiple indications of an anticancer drug increases, t
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- ‘Should apply blended pricing and reimbursement rates’
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 25, 2025 05:59am
- With multiple drugs with multiple indications, such as multi-targeted immunotherapy drugs, being approved in Korea, there have been claims that the introduction of an “indication-based drug pricing system” is necessary to improve patient access to treatment and ensure equity. In particular, the argument was made that ‘blended pricing,
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- "Will consider proposal for Indication-based pricing system"
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 25, 2025 05:58am
- Regarding introducing an 'indication-based pricing system' aimed at improving patient access to medications, Lee Joongkyu, Director of the National Health Policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW), stated, "While it is still too early to announce when to implement the system, it is an opportune time to consider reviewing the propos
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- MFDS to improve essential drug designation standard
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 25, 2025 05:58am
- The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety will conduct a study to improve the standards for designating essential medicines. When the national essential medicine system was first implemented in 2017, the designation focused on government stockpiles, but there have been continuous calls to expand the list to include items that require stable su
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- Psychotropic drug etomidate will be discontinued in KOR
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 24, 2025 06:01am
- The domestic supply of etomidate, a psychotropic drug scheduled to be newly designated this year, is expected to be discontinued. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety's list of discontinued and shortage drugs, B. Braun Korea reported on the 21st that it would discontinue the supply of ‘Etomidate-lipuro Injection.’ B. Bra
