Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Regional Formulary Initiatives Underway, Eyes on Cost Control for Branded Drugs with No Gx
As Japan’s generic utilization rate is nearing a plateau, there are emerging initiatives to forge regional drug formularies to curtail costs not only through a switch from long-listed products (LLPs), but also from brand-name medicines with no low-cost copies. A…
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