Kim Sun-min, director of the HIRA, promised to speed up the Hemophilia treatment Hemlibra benefit screening to strengthen accessibility for patients. On the 13th, Kim Sun-min, director of the HIRA, answered the on-site questioning of Kang Sun-woo, a lawmaker of the Democratic Party of Korea, at the NHIS parliamentary audit.

Lawmaker Kang Sun-woo stressed that Hemlibra dramatically increases the quality of life of hemophilia patients and their families compared to other treatments that need to be intravenously administered as a subcutaneous injection. In particular, he stressed the need to expand the current standard for applying for Hemlibra benefits only to hemophiliac antibody holders to those who do