- Policy
- Dilemmas for fostering pharma and lowering drug prices
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 19, 2025 05:56am
- What would be a reasonable drug pricing policy to foster new drug development? The government is focusing on the sustainability of the National Health Insurance, while the industry expresses concerns about decreasing new drug development due to reduced drug prices. These conflicting perspectives are raising about the future direction of drug pri
- Company
- Next reimb effort for 'Padcev combination therapy'
- by Moon, sung-ho Feb 19, 2025 05:56am
- 'Padcev Combination therapy' has been reported to have changed the urothelial cancer treatment paradigm after 30 years. After its launch in clinical practices in South Korea in the second half of last year, the government has initiated discussion for reimbursement of the therapy. According to the pharmaceutical industry on February 17,
- Policy
- Boehringer Ingelheim, HIRA enter drug price negotiations
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 19, 2025 05:56am
- As for reimbursement listing of 'Ofev (nintedanib),' a treatment for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), domestic distributor Boehringer Ingelheim and the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) have entered drug price negotiations. Since the substance patent of Ofev expired last month, generic companies have already obtain
- Company
- Will Tevimbra become the 1st reimbursed immunooncology drug?
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Feb 19, 2025 05:56am
- Will the first immuno-oncology treatment option in the field of esophageal cancer finally be born in Korea? BeiGene Korea's immuno-oncology drug Tevimbra (tiselizumab), which passed the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee review last month, has entered into drug price negotiations with
- Company
- Opdivo prolongs survival in urothelial carcinoma
- by Whang, byung-woo Feb 18, 2025 05:53am
- The emergence of new drugs such as immuno-oncology drugs in the first-line treatment of urothelial carcinoma, have refined treatment strategies in the area. With the number of options available in the clinical setting increasing, there is also growing concern over when and which treatment to select for the patients. However, experts believ
- Opinion
- [Reporter's View] Empty marketing of innovative new drugs
- by Son, Hyung Min Feb 18, 2025 05:53am
- As new drugs, such as antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), radiopharmaceutical, gene therapy, obesity drugs, and medications for Alzheimer's disease, have been introduced in various refractory disease areas, follow-on drug research & development (R&D) are gaining popularity. Companies involved in this movement highlight the significance of new d
- Policy
- Lorviqua, Tevimbra, Pemazyre enter NHIS negotiations
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 18, 2025 05:53am
- Three items, including Lorviqua (lorlatinib, Pfizer Korea), Tevimbra Inj 100 mg (tislelizumab, BeiGene Korea), and Pemazyre (pemigatinib, Handok), are currently under negotiations with the National Health Insurance Service. These drugs were deliberated by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Co
- Company
- Samsung Bioepis’s Prolia and Xgeva biosimilars approved
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Feb 18, 2025 05:53am
- Samsung Bioepis' two bone disease treatment biosimilars have passed the US and European hurdles. Samsung Bioepis announced on the 16th that it has obtained marketing authorizations for its two biosimilar versions of Prolia and Xgeva, which are bone disease treatments, from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Commi
- Company
- Celltrion gains EU approval for Eylea biosimilar Eyedenzelt
- by Chon, Seung-Hyun Feb 17, 2025 05:53am
- On February 14, Celltrion announced that it had secured the marketing authorization for the Eylea biosimilar Eyedenzelt from the European Commission. Two months after receiving the recommendation for marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency (EMA)'s Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) in December, the drug was
- Policy
- Daewoong’s P-CAB Fexuclue completes first PVA
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Feb 17, 2025 05:53am
- Daewoong Pharmaceutical's new drug for gastroesophageal reflux disease, ‘Fexuclue,' has agreed to complete negotiations through the price-volume agreement system with the National Health Insurance Service for the first time since its reimbursement listing. Before negotiations, Daewoong Pharmaceutical was known to have wanted to apply the
