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Turkey Adds 131 Medicines to Reimbursement List
The new additions include 119 locally produced medicines, while the minister says 380 drugs have been added since the start of the year.
Key takeaways
- Turkey added 131 medicines to its reimbursement list, including 119 produced domestically.
- The minister said 380 medicines have been added since the start of the year.
Turkey has added 131 medicines to its reimbursement list, including 119 produced domestically, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan said on October 16.
The list includes six cancer medicines, 22 diabetes medicines and 14 for pulmonary hypertension, according to the breakdown shared by Işıkhan. It also includes four blood products and two allergy vaccines.
Işıkhan said 380 medicines have been added to the reimbursement list since the start of the year, including 34 cancer medicines.
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Social Security InstitutionVedat Işıkhan
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