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일본, iPS 세포 활용 심장 치료 수술에 건강보험 적용 시작
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일본, iPS 세포 활용 심장 치료 수술에 건강보험 적용 시작

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일본에서 유도만능줄기세포(iPS 세포)를 이용한 심장병 치료 수술이 건강보험 적용을 받아 시행됐으며, 오사카 경찰병원에서 50대 여성 환자에게 '리하트' 제품을 이식하는 수술이 성공적으로 진행됐다고 현지 언론이 보도했다.

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Why It Matters

일본 보건당국은 지난 3월 중증 심부전 치료용 리하트와 파킨슨병 치료용 암셰프리를 세계 최초로 조건부 승인했으며, 이달부터 의료보험 적용 대상을 정했다.

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(도쿄=연합뉴스) 조성미 특파원 = 일본에서 유도만능줄기세포(iPS 세포)를 활용한 수술이 의료보험의 적용을 받아 집도됐다고 현지 언론들이 30일 보도했다.

전날 오사카 경찰병원에서 유도만능줄기세포로 심장병을 치료하는 재생 의료 제품 '리하트'를 심근경색을 앓아온 50대 여성 환자에게 이식하는 수술이 시행됐다.

수술 뒤 환자는 안정된 상태라고 요미우리신문이 전했다.

유도만능줄기세포란 수정란이나 난자가 아닌 피부세포처럼 분화가 끝난 체세포에 특정한 유전자 등을 주입해 줄기세포의 성질을 갖도록 한 뒤 다양한 신체 조직으로 분화를 유도한 세포를 말한다.

일본 보건당국은 지난 3월 중증 심부전 치료용으로 개발된 리하트와 파킨슨병 치료용 '암셰프리'를 세계 최초로 조건·기한부로 승인했다. 이어 이달부터 의료보험 적용 대상으로도 정했다.

보건당국은 이들 제품이 향후 7년간 치료에 사용된 모든 데이터를 취합해 효능을 판단한 뒤 본승인 여부를 판단할 예정이다.

오사카대에서 출발한 벤처업체가 개발한 리하트는 심장에 심근 세포로 이뤄진 시트를 붙여 혈관 재생을 촉진한다.

제품 개발을 주도하고 수술을 집도한 사와 요시키 오사카대 특임교수(심장혈관외과)는 보험 적용을 받아 유도만능줄기세포 치료제를 사용한 데 의의가 크다며 "전 세계의 환자들에게 이 치료를 적용해 한 명의 생명이라도 더 구하고 싶다"고 말했다.

사와 교수는 지난 2020년 유도만능줄기세포로 배양한 심장근육 조직을 심장병 환자에게 세계 최초로 이식한 바 있다.

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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts

  • 일본 보건당국이 향후 7년간 수집한 리하트 치료 데이터 기반으로 본승인 여부를 판단할 것

    Very likely · Within years

Open Questions

  • 리하트 제품의 장기적 효능과 안전성 데이터는 언제 공개될 것인가?
  • 다른 국가에서도 유사 재생 의료 제품에 대한 건강보험 적용이 확대될 것인가?

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