Will Piqray benefit be successful again?
By Eo, Yun-Ho | translator Kim, Jung-Ju
23.02.16 06:00:38
Expectations for the HIRA Cancer Disease Review Committee in March
40% of patients have mutations, attention to treatment options
Attention is focusing on whether Piqray, a PIK3CA gene target anticancer drug, can succeed in re-challenge insurance benefits. According to related industries, Novartis Korea's breast cancer treatment Piqray is expected to be presented to the HIRA Cancer Disease Review Committee in March. The drug failed to pass the deliberation committee once in February last year and submitted a re-application at the end of last year. Piqray, approved in Korea in May 2021, is a "PIK3CA억제 inhibitor" that blocks excessive activation of PI3K-의 due to PIK3CA gene mutation and is a target anticancer drug prescribed in combination with Faslodex in patients with HR+/HER2- metastatic and progres
Eo, Yun-Ho(unkindfish@dailypharm.com)