Six years have passed since the so-called “G1” rule and associated market withdrawal scheme were introduced for long-listed products (LLPs). As initially planned, a batch of LLPs saw their NHI price brought down to the generic levels for the first…
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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…