Turkey's SGK adds 131 drugs to reimbursement list

Turkey's Social Security Institution (SGK) has expanded its reimbursement list to include 131 additional medications. Minister of Labour and Social Security Vedat Işıkhan announced that 119 of these new drugs are domestically produced.

The expanded list includes treatments for various conditions, such as 6 cancer drugs, 22 diabetes medications, 14 pulmonary hypertension drugs, 4 blood products, and 2 allergy vaccines. This update brings the total number of drugs added to the reimbursement list since the beginning of the year to 380, which includes 34 cancer-related products.