The Brain disease prescription market disappears
By Chon, Seung-Hyun | translator Choi HeeYoung
23.01.19 06:20:51
Oxiracetam Clinical Reassessment Failed
Last year, Acetyl-L-Carnitine failed to prove its efficacy
Pharmaceutical companies lost 30 billion won a year due to Oxiracetam. Prescription loss became a reality as it failed to prove its efficacy in an eight-year clinical re-evaluation. Following acetyl-L-Carnitin last year, the annual prescription market worth 100 billion won has disappeared due to the failure of clinical re-evaluation of cerebrovascular-related drugs over the past year. According to the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on the 18th, prescription and preparation were suspended because Oxiracetam failed to prove the effectiveness of "improving symptoms of vascular cognitive impairment" as a result of clinical trial reevaluation. Oxiracetam has been licensed to improve cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer'
Chon, Seung-Hyun(1000@dailypharm.com)