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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
Prices of Tecentriq, Avastin go down due to broader insurance benefits
2 May 2022 - The Government granted health insurance benefits to the combination therapy of Tecentriq and Avastin to treat ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2022
Gilead Science’s hepatitis B drug Vemlidy gets expanded insurance benefit
2 May 2022 - Gilead Science Korea said its hepatitis B treatment Vemlidy (tenofovir alafenamide) started receiving expanded health insurance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Apr 2022
Is it best to remove insurance benefits from drugs prescribed in bribery?
25 April 2022 - The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s Health Insurance Policy Review Committee is scheduled to hold a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2022
When will SMA oral drug Evrysdi get insurance benefits?
14 April 2022 - Roche’s new spinal muscular atrophy oral treatment Evrysdi (risdiplam) proved the benefit of convenience and cost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2022
Pfizer’s ALK targeted therapy Lorviqua passes reimbursement review
8 April 2022 - Pfizer’s Lorviqua (lorlatinib), a third generation anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) targeted therapy, passed the review for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2022
BeiGene’s Brukinsa quickly passes HIRA’s reimbursement review
7 April 2022 - BeiGene’s Brukinsa (zanubrutinib), a next-generation BTK inhibitor, passed the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service’s Cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2022
Rights watchdog urges quick reimbursement of expensive new drugs
5 April 2022 - The National Human Rights Commission of Korea welcomed the recent reimbursement of CAR-T cell therapy Kymriah ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2022
Roche, Government miss deadline for Tecentriq reimbursement talks
30 March 2022 - Roche Korea and the Government failed to reach an agreement over the reimbursement rate of Tecentriq ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Mar 2022
South Korea approves second COVID-19 pill Lagevrio
23 March 2022 - The South Korean Government has approved the emergency use of anti-COVID-19 pill Lagevrio, the Ministry of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Mar 2022
Government to introduce oral COVID-19 medicine Lagevrio for 100,000 patients this week: interior minister
21 March 2022 - The Government will introduce the oral antiviral medicine Lagevrio for 100,000 patients this week while seeking ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2022
‘Keytruda reimbursement provides global standard care for Korean lung cancer patients’
17 March 2022 - MSD’s Keytruda (pembrolizumab) became reimbursable for the first-line treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer in March, enabling ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Mar 2022
Prolonged price negotiation for Kymriah devastates leukaemia patients
15 March 2022 - Drained by dragging price negotiations between Novartis and the Government for breakthrough cancer treatment Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel), ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Mar 2022
How will reimbursement for Tecentriq in liver cancer affect biosimilars?
10 March 2022 - Roche is negotiating with the government over the reimbursement price of Tecentriq (atezolizumab), which passed the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2022
Paediatric rare disease drug Koselugo fails to get insurance benefits
4 March 2022 - AstraZeneca’s Koselugo (selumetinib), the first rare disease treatment approved in Korea through an accelerated review due ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Feb 2022
Immunotherapy Keytruda gets insurance benefits
22 February 2022 - MSD’s anti-PD-1 immunotherapy Keytruda (pembrolizumab) obtained health insurance benefits five years after winning marketing approval to ...