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Orphan drug reimbursements create tough situation for South Korean public budget
12 June 2020 - A data analysis of real-world data found that the rise of orphan drugs in the Republic of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jun 2020
'Imfinzi changed treatment paradigm for non-resectable non-small cell lung cancer'
10 June 2020 - The treatment has also become the first immunotherapy launched in Korea to receive health insurance benefits as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Jun 2020
South Korea approves emergency use of Gilead's anti-viral drug to treat COVID-19
3 June 2020 - South Korea said on Wednesday it has approved the emergency use of Gilead Sciences’ remdesivir to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2020
CDK 4/6 inhibitor market to heat up on insurance benefits
2 June 2020 - Despite such high unmet medical needs, the drug has long been out of reach for patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2020
Government to re-evaluate dementia drug choline alfoscerate
18 May 2020 - The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it would reassess whether choline alfoscerate, a dementia treatment, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 May 2020
Cancer patients demand Ono, BMS, MSD share immunotherapy cost
15 May 2020 - Immunotherapies Optivo, marketed by Ono Pharma Korea and BMS Korea, and Keytruda by MSD Korea, have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2020
Review of cancer drug benefits delayed amid social distancing
8 April 2020 - The government has postponed the health authorities’ meeting for a review of anticancer drugs’ benefits initially ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2020
Price negotiations begin for breast cancer combo drugs
25 March 2020 - Drug makers and the government will start talks this week to negotiate prices of breast cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2020
Gastric cancer drug Liporaxel nears getting insurance benefit
6 March 2020 - Daehwa Pharmaceutical’s Liporaxel (paclitaxel), a treatment for advanced, metastatic and local recurrent gastric cancer, has neared ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2020
Regulator OKs Pfizer's Vizimpro as first-line treatment of mutated lung cancer
20 February 2020 - Pfizer Korea said Thursday that the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has approved Vizimpro (dacomitinib) ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
Interferon, Kaletra to get insurance benefit for new coronavirus treatment
4 February 2020 - The government said it would allow health insurance benefits for patients who received interferon or combo ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2020
‘Dupixent revolutionary atopic dermatitis drug to end lack of fundamental treatment’
29 January 2020 - Sanofi Genzyme exec stresses development of accurate pain index for patients. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2020
Reimbursement for Repatha to expand treatment options for ASCVD patients
22 January 2020 - Amgen is set to expand treatment options for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease patients with Repatha, a high-cholesterol treatment, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2019
Regulatory agency expands cooperation with European counterparts
18 december 2019 - The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said that it has signed multiple agreements with its ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Drug makers strongly oppose post-approval evaluation
4 December 2019 - The pharmaceutical industry adamantly criticised the government’s plan to evaluate expensive anti-cancer therapies and orphan drugs, ...