The asthma drugs that had long remained unreimbursed since their approval has resurfaced at the table for discussions, but the situation has not improved much from before. The government and the companies are seemingly unable to reach a consensus on the appropriate drug price.

Three asthma biological drugs that were developed at similar periods - Nucala (mepolizumab), Cinqair (reslizumab), Fasenra (benralizumab) – have finally started their reimbursement listing process 3 years after being approved in Korea, but had difficultly making progress ever since.

As interleukin-5 antagonists, the drugs reduce levels of blood eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that is involved in the