- Policy
- NA presses for Targrisso’s reimb in the first line
- by Lee, Jeong-Hwan Apr 20, 2023 05:58am
- The NA Health and Welfare Committee decided that reimbursement for AstraZeneca's lung cancer drug ‘Tagrisso (osimertinib)’ in the first line is necessary and requested its prompt reimbursement listing to the government. Min-soo Park, the 2nd vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Health Insurance Review and Assessm
- Policy
- Enhertu, re-discussing with supplementary materials
- by Lee, Tak-Sun Apr 19, 2023 05:51am
- Attention is focusing on whether the reimbursement standards for Enhertu, an anti-cancer drug from Daiichi Sankyo Korea, will be prepared through re-discussion by the Cancer Disease Review Committee. The drug has received more than 50,000 national petitions and is currently accelerating its reimbursement review. However, at the HIRA held last
- Company
- Will Lixiana follow-ons take over the market?
- by Moon, sung-ho Apr 19, 2023 05:51am
- Activity in related markets has been rising due to the aftermath of the reimbursement approval for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) that had been made last year. Pharmaceutical companies have been increasingly conducting activities to target the Non-vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulant (NOAC) market. According to indu
- Policy
- MSD Welireg is about to be approved in Korea
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 19, 2023 05:51am
- Domestic approval of Welireg, an oral hypoxia-inducible factor-2 alpha (HIF-2α) inhibitor, is imminent. According to the pharmaceutical industry on the 18th, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety completed the safety and efficacy review of MSD Korea's Welireg. This drug was approved in Korea in August of last year and was designated as an
- Company
- Dutasteride's market share is on the rise
- by Nho, Byung Chul Apr 19, 2023 05:50am
- The biggest advantage of solving the leakage problem is caused by the soft capsule shell rupture. In the dutasteride drug market, which has been growing mainly in capsule form, recently launched tablet-type products are gradually increasing sales. Based on UBIST, dutasteride tablets generated sales of 9.1 billion won last year from 200 milli
- Company
- Will Enhertu pass the fiscal barrier and be reimb in KOR?
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Apr 19, 2023 05:50am
- The reimbursement progress of the anticancer drug that received 50,000 consents in a national petition is gaining attention. According to industry sources, the reimbursement review data for Enhertu, AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo’s HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate (ADC), has been supplemented and submitted to the authorities on the
- Company
- Never-ending patent dispute over Galvus
- by Kim, Jin-Gu Apr 18, 2023 05:38am
- In a patent dispute over Galvus, a DPP-4 inhibitor-type diabetes treatment, Novartis received a dismissal from the Intellectual Property Tribunal. Apart from this trial decision, the Galvus patent dispute is expected to continue for some time. This is because the dispute between Novartis and the generic company regarding the extension of the
- Policy
- As a result of the PMS of Entresto·Xnepri,
- by Lee, Hye-Kyung Apr 18, 2023 05:38am
- As a result of a post-marketing investigation of the chronic heart failure treatment ingredient 'Sacubitril Valsartan Sodium Hydroxide', the incidence rate of adverse events was 24.62% regardless of the causal relationship. The MFDS prepares an order (draft) to change permission items based on the results of post-marketing surveillance (P
- Opinion
- [Reporter's View] Rise of patients and concerns
- by Eo, Yun-Ho Apr 18, 2023 05:37am
- Medicine is a product with strong public goods characteristics. It is a means of curing human diseases and maintaining health. In Korea, national health insurance is also applied. Another fact is that it is the company that makes and sells it. The purpose is to make a profit. Pharmaceuticals are high-value-added products that can make a lo
- Company
- Sales of Pfizer, Gilead, and MSD soared last year
- by Jung, Sae-Im Apr 18, 2023 05:37am
- Last year, Korean subsidiaries of multinational pharmaceutical companies made external growth in general. Pfizer Korea, MSD Korea, and Gilead Sciences Korea have enjoyed an increase in sales of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. The high sales growth of new drugs such as Keytruda, Gardasil 9, and Prolia also contributed to the increase in sales.
