Japan OKs Honebuto Paper, Modest Wording on Off-Year Revisions Finalized
To read the full story
Related Article
- LDP Tweaks Honebuto Text on Off-Year Revision, Waters Down Push for CEA Expansion
June 18, 2024
- LDP Members Urge Modification of Honebuto Draft to Push Rethink of Off-Year Drug Price Cuts
June 13, 2024
- Social Security Budget Ceiling Looks Set to Continue 3 More Years: Honebuto Draft
June 12, 2024
- Honebuto Draft Equivocal on Off-Year Price Cuts, but Focuses on FY2025 Revision
June 12, 2024
REGULATORY
- Ex-Minister Takemi to Set Up Nonprofit to Bolster Pharma Innovation
December 11, 2024
- LDP Study Group Urges Health, Finance Ministers to Drop Off-Year Revisions
December 11, 2024
- PM Ishiba Elusive on Course of Off-Year Revisions: Diet Session
December 10, 2024
- Gene Therapies from Ferring, Ultragenyx in Line for Orphan Status, Moderna mRNA Drug Too
December 10, 2024
- PM Ishiba Takes Note of Opposition Party’s Plea for Scrapping Off-Year Revisions
December 9, 2024
For 25 years, Morunda has been interviewing leaders in Japan’s pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Most country managers typically come from a commercial background, rooted in sales and marketing. It’s rare to find country managers who come from finance or…
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…