Is policy intervention necessary for Japanese drug makers reliant on off-patent brand-name medicines? Many members of the health ministry’s key…
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Obesity Society to Highlight Proper Use of Semaglutide If Label Expanded
The Japan Society for the Study of Obesity (JASSO) plans to put out recommendations to ensure the appropriate use of Novo Nordisk Pharma’s GLP-1 agent semaglutide, which is pending approval for obesity in Japan, once its label is expanded from…
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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…