- Company
- SGLT-2i Envlo may be prescribed at general hospitals
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Jul 18, 2023 05:29am
- Daewoong Pharmaceutical’s SGLT-2 inhibitor, ‘Envlo’ can be prescribed at general hospitals in Korea. According to industry sources, the diabetes treatment Envlo (Enavogliflozin) that was released with reimbursement in May passed the drug committees (DCs) of various medical institutions in Korea including the Samsung Medical Center and
- Company
- MSD Korea expands ERP to all departments
- by Jung, Sae-Im Jul 17, 2023 05:30am
- MSD Korea, which had notified the closure of the General Medicine division that sold the diabetes treatment Januvia, has extended the conditions for its early retirement program (ERP). With the company’s large-scale layoff raising conflicts with employees and the low rate of applications, the company seems to have changed its tactics to resh
- Policy
- Multiple Rxs for newly reimbursed drugs
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jul 17, 2023 05:30am
- New drugs such as Cibinqo Tab (Pfizer Korea), a treatment for atopic dermatitis, and Newmaco S, a treatment for high triglycerides, which were listed in July, were included in the list of cost-effective, high-dose oral drugs. If multiple prescriptions are made for low content, the cost of claiming benefits can be reduced by exceeding the uppe
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- BsAb lymphoma treatment Lunsumio will soon land in KOR
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Jul 17, 2023 05:30am
- The new bispecific antibody treatment for lymphoma, ‘Lunsumio’, will soon land in Korea. According to industry sources, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is in its last stages of review for the product approval of Roche Korea's follicular lymphoma drug Lunsumio (mosunetuzumab), which was designated as the first drug subject to Korea
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- Danicopan has been designated for GIFT
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Jul 17, 2023 05:30am
- Danicopan, a combination partner of Soliris, was designated as a GIFT at the same time as this orphan drug designation. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recently announced that AstraZeneca's Danicopan (ALXN2040) will be designated as an orphan drug and GIFT in Korea. Danicopan, a candidate for the treatment of paroxysmal nocturnal hem
- Policy
- Will Koselugo’s reimb listing pick up speed in Korea?
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jul 17, 2023 05:30am
- AstraZeneca is bracing up its battle to receive reimbursement approval for its Koselugo (selumetinib, AZ) within the year. The company’s new neurofibromatosis drug was unable to pass review by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee last year. AstraZeneca submitte
- Policy
- Gov’t starts researching generic drug pricing policy in 2H
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Jul 14, 2023 05:39am
- The Ministry of Health and Welfare has started research to improve the generic drug price system in the second half of this year. The industry expects that the authorities will likely prepare and implement a system to reduce the price of generic drugs as soon as the research is complete. The research will mainly investigate the need to ch
- Policy
- Enhertu passed the cancer dz review board after a retrial
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jul 14, 2023 05:39am
- After a retrial in the first half of last year, the anticancer drug Enhertu, which passed the Cancer Disease Review Committee, met another hurdle: passing the Pharmaceutical Reimbursement Evaluation Committee. Enhertu, which succeeded in setting reimbursement standards at the end of the review committee's reexamination in May, was not present
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- HIRA declines NHIS and KPBMA's request
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Jul 14, 2023 05:39am
- The National Health Insurance Service and the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association have requested to participate in the Drug Reimbursement Evaluation Committee, but the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service announced plans to amend its operational regulations without reflecting their requests. The NHIS h
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- Approval of phase 3 for Retatrutide
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Jul 14, 2023 05:38am
- Eli Lilly's anti-obesity drug Ly3437943 is undergoing phase 3 clinical trials in Korea. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety recently approved a phase 3 clinical trial to study the efficacy and safety of once-weekly administration of Retatrutide in obese or overweight type 2 diabetic subjects. Seoul National University Hospital, Severance
