- Opinion
- [Reporter's view] COVID-19 demand has disappeared
- by Nov 10, 2022 05:45am
- The boom of pharmaceutical companies, which had benefited from COVID-19, has subsided since the third quarter. Representatively, Roche Group suffered a sharp drop in sales of diagnostic kits and treatments in the third quarter. Roche Group supplies Actemra and Ronapreve, a treatment for COVID-19, and Roche Diagnostics manufactures a COVID-19
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View] Reimb for SLGT-2i combo still in discussi
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Nov 4, 2022 05:39am
- The agenda has been in the last stages of review for 5 months. At this pace, discussions on expanding reimbursement of SGLT-2 inhibitors as combination therapy may again be passed on to the next year. The discussion on expanding reimbursement of SGLT-2 inhibitors as combination therapy has remained stagnant for a long time. After no progr
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View]Raising price of cold medicines not enough
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Oct 28, 2022 05:56am
- With the shortage of cold medicines remaining unresolved, the government proposed a drug price increase as its final card. The government decided to first take price adjustment applications for dispensed drugs that contain acetaminophen, which is cheaper than other cold medicines. The government had been implementing support measures
- Opinion
- [Reporter's view] Two plays in the parliamentary audit
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Oct 25, 2022 05:46am
- A Member of Parliament asks about the need to introduce a prescription for active ingredients. Then, whether it was the Minister of Health and Welfare or the Minister of Food and Drug Safety, he replied that he sympathized with the purpose. There is a strong backlash from medical groups. This concludes the play. The same is true this year. Se
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View] LG Chem’s global two-track strategy
- by Oct 20, 2022 06:02am
- LG Chem announced the acquisition of a US biotech firm on the 18th. LG Chem will invest KRW 800 billion to acquire a 100% stake in AVEO Pharmaceuticals. This is the third-largest in the history of M&As made by domestic pharmaceutical companies. It is also the largest single-company investment along with SK's acquisition of Ampac. AVEO Pharmac
- Opinion
- [Desktop] Increase accessibility by beating generic prices
- by Kim, Jung-Ju Oct 19, 2022 05:48am
- The direction of the government's guarantee policy has been consistent. It is to reduce finances by preventing inefficient operations and increase patient accessibility with sufficient funds. It's a kind of 'trade-off' way. At one time, there was a massive plan to strengthen the search for hospitals and pharmacies that illegally borrow licens
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View] The key to the ‘PE Exemption’ issue
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 17, 2022 10:52pm
- The cries that the improvement reduces rather than expand benefits have reached the National Assembly. The government’s improvement plan for the special pharmacoeconomic evaluation (PE) exemption system was brought onto the chopping block at the NA audit. During the NA audit for the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service that
- Opinion
- [Reporter’s View] Real crisis will come after COVID-19
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Oct 5, 2022 06:11am
- Contrary to the hopes that peace will come with the end of the COVID-19 crisis so near, another crisis of the ‘three highs’ - high exchange rates, high interest rates, and high inflation &8211; has now arrived. Experts are predicting shock waves at the level of the 1997 IMF crisis and the 2009 global financial crisis or severer. Exter
- Opinion
- [Reporter's view] Reimbursement of Zerbaxa
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 4, 2022 06:07am
- Super antibiotic Zerbaxa will receive insurance benefits from this month. It is the first time in about five years that a domestic permit has been granted. The government's response to the application of the PE system to some of the national essential drugs, especially in the face of the seriousness of antibiotic resistance issues internation
- Opinion
- [Reporter's view]Bio-Administrative Orders of the USA
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Sep 23, 2022 05:51am
- Korea's CDMO (consignment development production) industry, which has just begun in earnest, has a hurdle. U.S. President Joe Biden recently signed an executive order for the "National Biotechnology and Bio Manufacturing Initiative," which calls for the production of biopharmaceuticals in the country. The Biden administration is emphasizin
