- Company
- Heart failure drug Entresto continues to grow rapidly
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Oct 30, 2023 05:30am
- Novartis' heart failure treatment Entresto continues to grow rapidly thanks to increased benefits. Although it has been six years since it was launched in Korea, prescriptions are increasing by more than 30% every quarter compared to last year. However, Entresto faces challenges from several successor products. Recently, Verquvo, a new heart
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- Dupixent receives the green light for reimb extensions
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Oct 30, 2023 05:30am
- The insurance authorities showed a positive stance on expanding coverage of Dupixent (dupilumab, Sanofi), which is available for patients with severe atopic dermatitis from 6 years of age, to critically ill infants and toddlers from 6 months to 5 years of age. Depending on the cost-effective review results, the reimbursement process may ga
- Company
- Nic Horridge resigns as CEO of Roche Korea
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 30, 2023 05:29am
- According to related industries, CEO Nic Horridge will step down as CEO of Roche's Korean subsidiary at the end of this month and become CEO of the Australian subsidiary. CEO Nic Horridge was appointed as CEO of Roche Korea in October 2018 and led the company for approximately five years. During his tenure, he achieved the expansion of pr
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- NA criticizes HIRA's low prior approval of specific drug
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Oct 30, 2023 05:29am
- In response to the criticism that the prior review approval rate of certain drugs is low, the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said that the low rate is due to a lack of understanding of the reimbursement standards and that it will maintain the current standards. The response was made regarding the low approval rate of Sol
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- New dug price reeval standards will be set within the year
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Oct 27, 2023 05:33am
- The Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service said, “We will prepare a final plan within this year” to an inquiry on the progress made on the reevaluation of off-patent drugs through a comparison of overseas drug prices. In particular, based on the established reevaluation standards, HIRA also expressed their intention to sequentia
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- Nephoxil can be prescribed at general hospitals
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 27, 2023 05:33am
- Nephoxil, a hyperphosphatemia treatment drug, is entering the prescription range of general hospitals. According to related industries, Kyowa Kirin Korea's Nepocsil has passed the Drug Committee of about 50 hospitals across the country, including Sinchon Severance Hospital. Nephoxil was developed as a new iron-based phosphorus binder with hi
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- Galvusmet generics released in all dosage forms in KOR
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Oct 27, 2023 05:33am
- The second round of competitions is now on with the entry of Galvusmet generics. If the first round was held between generics before and after Galvusmet’s substance patent expiry, the second round this time expected this time is set to start with the release of Galvusmet generics that come in all dosage forms. According to the indus
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- Livtencity aims to enter the reimbursement market
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Oct 27, 2023 05:33am
- According to related industries, Takeda Pharmaceutical Korea's Livtencity submitted a benefit application in the third quarter of last year, has completed PE, and is currently submitting it to the HIRA Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Evaluation Committee. Accordingly, it remains to be seen whether an alternative treatment option can be develope
- Policy
- Final PVA improvement plan to be prepared soon
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Oct 27, 2023 05:33am
- The final plan to improve the price-volume linkage system is expected to be prepared soon. Most of the improvement plans are expected to reflect the research service results that were released last April. According to industry sources on the 26th, the National Health Insurance Service will complete the public-private working group activ
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- The Key to Competitiveness is 'OS·Brain metastasis'
- by Oct 26, 2023 06:07am
- The combination therapy of major EGFR variant lung cancer treatments has yielded results at the annual conference of the European Society of Oncology (ESMO 2023). Combination therapy of Lexraza + Rybrevant has succeeded in improving major clinical evaluation indicators compared to Tagrisso monotherapy. Lexraza is a lung cancer treatment tha
