The Japan presidents of foreign pharma companies are no longer hiding their concerns about the stagnation of drug development in the Japanese market. In their business briefings for 2021, many of them made explicit criticism against what they see as…
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Chuikyo OKs Outline of FY2021 Off-Year Re-Pricing; Only Market Price-Linked Rules to Be Applied
A key reimbursement policy panel on December 18 approved an outline of the government’s first “off-year” price revision in April 2021, which calls for its implementation on products with NHI-market price discrepancy rates of “above 5%” - as agreed upon…
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