Despite getting off to a sluggish start five years ago, SGLT2 inhibitors are steadily picking up steam thanks to buoyant sales of their combination medicines with DPP-4 inhibitors. Even monodrugs alone grew 29% in FY2018, with the market including the…
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Discuss Cost Effectiveness Assessment, Disclosure Ratios Separately: FPMAJ
Japan’s cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme introduced in April not only targets products granted launch premiums but also cuts into non-granted ones depending on the ratio of manufacturing cost disclosures. The Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers’ Associations of Japan (FPMAJ) reiterated its…
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