Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on March 5 unveiled the revised NHI prices for drugs subject to…
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Annual Price Revisions Will Demotivate Pharmas, Foreign HQs Harboring Serious Concerns: PhRMA Japan Chief
A proposal to revise drug prices annually, which now looms as a real possibility, will demotivate drug makers to develop innovative drugs for Japan, and significantly erode the market’s attractiveness, Patrik Jonsson, chairman of the Japan-based Executive Committee at PhRMA,…
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