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…
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Off-Year Revisions Should Be Confined to Limited Scope, JPWA Says at Chuikyo
If the government is to carry out so-called “off-year” drug price revisions, it should only cover “products that truly have large price discrepancies (between NHI and market prices),” Ken Suzuki, president of the Federation of Japan Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Associations (JPWA),…
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