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¡®Reimbursing Revlimid as maintenance therapy beneficial¡¯

By Eo, Yun-Ho | translator Kim, Jung-Ju

23.03.15 16:30:10

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Hyeon-Seok Eom, Professor of Hemato-Oncology at the National Cancer Center

¡°Reimbursement as first-line or second-line greatly affects prescription pattern¡±

¡°non-reimbursed areas still exist... coverage needs to be extended¡±

 ¡ãProfessor Hyeon-Seok Eom

The multiple myeloma treatment ¡®Revlimid¡¯ has finally been listed for reimbursement after 4 long years of await as maintenance therapy, starting from the new year of 2023.

Reimbursement of Revlimid as maintenance therapy had undergone various twists and turns in Korea. Since 2019, BMS Korea had actively sought to list the drug for reimbursement, but was unable to make progress. The agenda has been deliberated by the Cancer Disease Drug Committee during meetings that were held in September 2019, June 2020, then again in September last year. The last meeting gained attention due to its deliberation of the CAR-T therapy ¡®Kymriah (tisagenlecleucel),¡¯ but to no avail for Revlimid.

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