The Japan presidents of foreign pharma companies are no longer hiding their concerns about the stagnation of drug development in the Japanese market. In their business briefings for 2021, many of them made explicit criticism against what they see as…
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Can Japan Craft Its Own “Compassionate Use” System without Spoiling Drug Makers’ Development Drives?
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has been considering the introduction of a new access system, which would provide experimental drugs to patients with severe diseases for whom no alternative treatments are available. The system, dubbed the Japanese…
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