Although both drugs are from the same pharmaceutical company and are both one-shot, high-priced drugs, the two drugs are showing a stark difference in their results. Discussions on the reimbursement listing for Novartis Korea’s Zolgensma (onasemnogene abeparvovec) is not progressing so smoothly.

The company had applied for the reimbursement listing of its Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) treatment Zolgensma in May last year through the approval-benefit appraisal linkage system, but the agenda has not been deliberated by the National Health Insurance Service DREC until now.

As it is a rare disease drug, the Drug Reimbursement Standard Subcommittee must set reimbursement standards, and the