Nucala retries insurance benefits for the first time in five
By Eo, Yun-Ho | translator Choi HeeYoung
22.12.11 17:38:34
Attention to respiratory biomedical options
Nucala, a respiratory antibody drug, is seeking to register insurance benefits again. According to related industries, GSK Korea recently submitted an application for the salary of Nucala, a severe eosinophilic asthma treatment. It is the first re-challenge in about five years since the non-reimbursed decision of the Drug Benefit Evaluation Committee of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service in 2017. At that time, the committee decided that the cost effectiveness was unclear as a result of Nucala's PE data analysis. Nucala is an interleukin (IL)-5 antagonist that reduces eosinophilic levels, a type of white blood cell involved in asthma triggers.
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Eo, Yun-Ho(unkindfish@dailypharm.com)