On paper, things should be looking up for Japan’s pharmaceutical wholesalers. Industry expectations are mounting that the average gap between NHI and market prices will narrow further in FY2026 from the previous year’s record low of 4.8%.A shrinking gap should…
REGULATORY
Choseido’s Kawauchi Plant Suspended for 1 Month on GMP Violation
Choseido Pharmaceutical on March 27 was slapped with a business suspension and improvement order lasting 32 days targeting its Kawauchi Plant over a violation of the GMP regulations involving an oral cephem antibiotic. The government of Tokushima Prefecture, western Japan,…
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