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Former Takeda CEO Yasuchika Hasegawa Dies at 80
September 11, 2026
Yasuchika Hasegawa, the former president and CEO of Takeda Pharmaceutical who helped transform the Japanese drug maker into a global pharmaceutical player, died on July 3 at the age of 80, the company said on…

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September 11, 2026
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on September 10 that its R&D president Andrew Plump is set to retire from the company next June.Plump will continue to lead Takeda’s R&D organization as a member of the Takeda Executive…
September 11, 2026
Japan will need to take the US most-favored-nation (MFN) drug pricing policy into account as it considers pharmaceutical pricing measures toward year-end, according to Koichi Ando, the health ministry’s newly appointed assistant minister for pharmaceutical…
September 11, 2026
The three Chugai Pharmaceutical researchers honored with a Lasker Award for the discovery of Hemlibra (emicizumab) say their work is far from over, with the company now advancing the next-generation bispecific antibody NXT007 in a…

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…

By Ken Yoshino

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to respond to the US most-favored-nation (MFN) drug pricing policy to safeguard timely…

By Philip Carrigan

We had just gotten off a call with a client in Europe, and we’d received a bit of an earful. “Philip,” the client pressed, “what can this candidate bring to us? We know what he does, but what has he…

Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) on November 5 approved the reimbursement listing for a slate of new medicines,…

By Ken Yoshino

The Japanese government on March 7 announced new NHI prices to be applied in the FY2025 drug price revision, revealing…

The Japanese government approved a bill to amend the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices (PMD) Act at its Cabinet meeting on…

Japan’s health ministry doled out regulatory approvals for a throng of new medicines on December 27 including Eli Lilly’s obesity…

Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on December 20 approved an outline of drug pricing reforms for FY2024, which enshrines a…

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