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With the advent of interferon-free oral direct-acting antivirals, hepatitis C is now controllable, but achieving a negative conversion or disappearance of hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigens remains difficult although nucleic acid analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors prevent virus proliferation to a…
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A Japanese health ministry panel discussing the generic industry structure on May 22 put together a report in which it…
A Japanese health ministry study group focused on pharmaceutical regulations on March 21 agreed on a policy to encourage the…
Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on December 20 approved an outline of drug pricing reforms for FY2024, which enshrines a…
The Japanese health ministry’s expert panel tasked to discuss comprehensive policies for the rapid and stable supply of pharmaceuticals generally…
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…
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…