Avastin and Decapeptyl, are drugs that allow the use of drugs beyond the scope of approval without the IRB. How much is it used in front-line medical institutions?

About 230 macular degeneration treatment drugs Avastin and precocious puberty drug Decapeptyl injection were found to be using these drugs without IRB at 180 hospitals and clinics. The Pharmaceutical Management Office of the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service disclosed the current status at a meeting with the Special Press Association held on the 28th. In 2019, the relevant notice was changed so that drugs exceeding the permitted scope could be used without reimbursement even without an IRB, but it was only last year that the system