The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) appears to be ready to begin post-launch drug price adjustments based on cost-effectiveness assessments (CEAs) for the first time since the system was introduced in April 2019. As price tweaks will be…
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3 Existing Drugs Show Inhibitory Effects for SARS-CoV-2 in iPSC Screening
Three existing drugs, including the osteoporosis med raloxifene, demonstrated efficacy in inhibiting RNA viruses such as the new coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, in a study using iPS cells, Japanese researchers say. In the study, a research group including researchers from Kyoto University’s Center for…
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Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on December 20 approved an outline of its FY2020 drug pricing reform next April, with…
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 27 added to the NHI price list Japan’s first biosimilars of Avastin (bevacizumab), Nesp (darbepoetin alfa), and Forteo (teriparatide). The NHI prices of first biosimilars are set at 70% of…
Japan will go ahead with the introduction of a cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme for drugs and medical devices in April…
After decades in recruitment, I say from experience that there’s a particular way to attract candidates to a given role. Do it right, and you’ll have talent chasing you. Get it wrong, and you’ll be left listening to the crickets…