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    Foreign Pharmas Creating Environments to Empower Women, Making Headway for Sales Reps Too

    By Reiji Anasako June 18, 2019
    The female manager ratio at foreign drug makers in Japan has been on the steady rise since the enforcement in April 2016 of the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace. Women now account for…

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    By Izuru Ando

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    The Pros and Cons of Working from Home in 2022
    By Philip Carrigan

    As the year 2022 draws to a close, what are managers thinking at the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies and medical device companies? We surveyed 86 managers at these companies to find out what’s on their minds.For many managers, a common…

    Chuikyo on Off-Year Drug Price Revision

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    Deloitte Proposes Pricing Schemes to Encourage Consolidation of Generic Makers

    Deloitte Tohmatsu Consulting proposed three drug pricing schemes designed to trigger the consolidation of generic makers on October 27, offering…

    Jiho Survey: FY2022 Drug Price Revision

    Authorized Generics Likely Speeding Up G1/G2 Price Cuts for Off-Patent Brands: Jiho Tally

    Authorized generic (AG) strategies taken by innovative drug makers might help soften the impact of generic competition in their businesses but such tactics might also accelerate the application of “G1”/“G2” price cuts for their off-patent brand-name medicines, a Jiho tally…

    FY2022 Drug Pricing Reform

    MHLW Unveils New List Prices for FY2022 Revision, 18 Off-Patent APIs Face Early “G1” Cuts

    Japan’s health ministry announced new NHI prices to be applied in April under the FY2022 drug price revision in the official gazette on March 4, with the earlier application of so-called “G1” price cuts to be implemented for the first…