Discussions by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) study group on the generic industry structure are reaching the last lap. Its final report - a draft of which will be presented later this month - is expected to…
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- Drug Makers Guard against Price Adjustment Rate, Off-Year Revision Debates: Jiho Poll
March 16, 2022
- Drug Makers in Japan Increasingly Tested for Product Prowess, Rather than Marketing Ability
February 25, 2022
- Will New Economic Security Bill Contribute to Ensuring Stable Drug Supplies?
February 16, 2022
- JPMA Chief’s Comments to Endorse Coverage Review Send Ripples through Industry
February 3, 2022
- Significance and Challenges around Proposed Emergency Approval Scheme, Eyes on Diet Debate
January 17, 2022
- Japan Unlikely to Introduce Medical Fee Incentives for Hospital Formularies in FY2022 Reform
December 20, 2021
- Public-Private Collaboration Needed to Refine SaMD Regulatory System
November 26, 2021
- MOF, MHLW Push Conflicting Narratives on Drug Cost Control; Macroeconomic Indexing Is a Major Focus Too
November 16, 2021
- SGLT2 Inhibitors, Entresto Could Change Paradigm of Treatment of Heart Failure: JHFS Annual Confab
October 26, 2021
- LDP’s Pharma Study Group at Critical Juncture as Kishida Vows to Rectify Power Balance, Kingpins Retire
October 19, 2021
- Drug Makers Downsizing Sales Forces to Increase Efficiency; Launch of Redundancy Programs to Be Continued
October 15, 2021
- Pharma on Alert for Possible Repeat of Minister Deal on Drug Pricing Reform
October 13, 2021
- 5 Companies Developing Japan-Made COVID-19 Jabs Face Challenges in Subject Enrollment, Trial Designs
September 29, 2021
- CEA Reform Debate Going into Full Throttle, Chuikyo Consensus to Be Drawn as Early as October
August 3, 2021
- Attention Grows for INES Drug Pricing Proposal; Will It Become Next Card on Reform?
July 12, 2021
- Updated Heart Failure Guidelines Position Entresto, SGLT2 Inhibitors as New Treatment Strategy Options
June 22, 2021
- Battle Looming over 2% Adjustment Rate as New Honebuto Paper Nears Completion
June 1, 2021
- Japan’s First CEA-Based Price Tweaks Draw Near, April Listing Round at Earliest
February 9, 2021
- Potential Reimbursement Challenges of Aducanumab Could Usher in Health Insurance Overhaul in Japan
January 8, 2021
- Japan Rushing to Build COVID-19 Vaccination Regime as 1st Approval Draws Near
December 28, 2020
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