Whenever an excellent employee or leader leaves, it’s a blow to your organization.The departure of staff is an inevitable part of business, but in a fiercely competitive recruitment landscape like Japan, employee retention is a priority.Not only does retaining staff…
Japan’s Special Re-Pricing Rules to Hit 17 Drugs in April; Potentially Big Slash for Keytruda, Lixiana
To read the full story
Related Article
- Xolair Faces 37.3% Price Slash, Keytruda 20.9% in April: MHLW
March 5, 2020
- Xolair’s Re-Pricing Decided, but Regulators and Novartis Were at Odds over Patient Projections
March 2, 2020
- Nasal Steroid Used as “Reference Drug” for Xolair in Special Re-Pricing
January 23, 2020
- Xolair Faces New Special Re-Pricing Rule; Keytruda, Lixiana Caught by Huge-Seller Price Slash
January 21, 2020
REGULATORY
- Japan Ups Efforts to Better Communicate Pricing, Regulations to Overseas: Official
April 19, 2024
- MHLW Panel Sets Topics for PMD Act Amendment; Pediatrics, Drug Loss on Agenda
April 19, 2024
- Japan Govt Sued for Lack of Information on COVID Vaccine Risks
April 18, 2024
- MOF Ramps Up Push for Use of Cost-Effectiveness Assessment in Reimbursement Decisions
April 17, 2024
- PMDA Stepping Up Generic Compliance Inspections from August Approvals
April 16, 2024
On March 5, Japan unveiled new NHI prices for the FY2024 drug price revision. A Jiho survey found that Tsumura, a specialist in Japanese Kampo herbal medicines, received an astonishing raise of over 24% in its drug prices on a…
The Japanese health ministry on December 22 approved a batch of medicines for additional indications, including Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s atypical antipsychotic Rexulti (brexpiprazole) and Zenyaku Kogyo’s anti-CD20 antibody Rituxan (rituximab).Rexulti is now newly indicated for the treatment of depression and depressive…
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…