Health insurance to cover new chemically modified drug price up to 90% of original drug

When a chemically modified drug with a new dosage and administration gets listed for insurance coverage, the price will be calculated by 90 percent of the corresponding original drug, the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Family Affairs said recently.

Under the current system, when the patent period of an original drug expires, its price will be decreased by 20 percent and the price of the cor...