Drug makers’ downsizing moves continue unabated in Japan. In the past three months alone, it was revealed that voluntary redundancy programs were being planned or launched for Pfizer, MSD, and Sanofi, affecting a total of over 600 staffers mainly in…
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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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