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Leukaemia patients demand reimbursement for Novartis’ Kymriah
12 July 2021 - Korean leukaemia patients have urged the government to provide rapid reimbursement of Kymriah, the first CAR-T ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
Novartis Korea to continue discussing reimbursement plan for SMA drug Zolgensma
9 July 2021 - Novartis said Friday that it would continue to discuss with the domestic regulators to receive reimbursement ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Innovative health technologies need special subsidy
7 July 2021 - Developing innovative health technologies is very important because they can extend human life by broadening the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2021
Sanofi’s Praluent provides solution for Korean dyslipidaemia patients
30 June 2021 - Sanofi Aventis is strengthening its position in the local dyslipidaemia treatment market with Praluent (alirocumab), a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2021
HIRA gives Leclaza benefits easily but delays decision on Tagrisso
22 June 2021 - Yuhan's Leclaza (lazertinib), a third-generation treatment for EGFR mutated non-small cell lung cancer, has won the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jun 2021
Yuhan's Leclaza to be cheaper than AstraZeneca's Tagrisso
10 June 2021 - The price of Yuhan's third generation epidermal growth factor receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor for treating patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
'Anticancer drug should extend life for 22 months to get insurance benefits'
27 May 2021 - A research team at National Cancer Center has found that the public believes that for an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2021
7 out of 10 Koreans want cheaper drug with same ingredient
27 May 2021 - Seven out of 10 Koreans want to lower the drug cost by choosing a cheaper generic ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 May 2021
Why is Tagrisso not reimbursable as first-line treatment in Korea?
24 May 2021 - Osimertinib (Tagrisso) has transformed the treatment paradigm for epidermal growth factor receptor mutation positive non-small cell ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2021
‘Use effective drugs in early multiple myeloma to prevent relapse’
19 May 2021 - Multiple myeloma patients suffer frequent recurrences, and treatment response rates and response durations plummet along with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 May 2021
‘More reimbursement needed for hepatocellular carcinoma’
14 May 2021 - “Unlike other cancers, hepatocellular carcinoma is mostly diagnosed non-invasively. But this has not been reflected in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 May 2021
Eisai Korea to stop supply of blood cancer drug Symbenda this year
13 May 2021 - Symbenda (bendamustine), a treatment for blood cancer, is expected to become unavailable in Korea within this ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 May 2021
Gilead readies to sell anticancer drug Trodelvy in Korea
4 May 2021 - Gilead’s antibody-drug conjugate Trodelvy (sacituzumab govitecan) has won the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety’s designation ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2021
Drug pricing policy in South Korea revised to ‘tiered pricing system’
14 April 2021 - The government announced a plan to restructure the generic drug pricing system with the main goal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2021
Petition filed for better access to haemophilia A drug
14 April 2021 - Parents of paediatric patients with haemophilia A are demanding the regulator to change the criteria for ...