Health insurance coverage possible for 22 drugs on limited basis

Coverage for 22 drugs, including Roche’s Rivotril (clonazepam), will be expanded but on a limited basis, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Tuesday.

In the case of Rivotril, the ministry said that the national insurance will cover psychiatric disorders such as panic disorder (PD), as the effectiveness of clonazepam in the short-term treatment of PD has been demonstrated in controlled cl...