Members of a key reimbursement policy panel on December 6 continued to push for the creation of separate generic price bands for both middle and lower bands under the current three price-band grouping rule as a way to address unreasonable…
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Chuikyo Pushes Up-to-5-Band Plan to Address Unreasonable Generic Price Rises, Prods Industry Reorganization
December 9, 2019
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US, European Trade Groups Oppose Tighter Re-Pricing Rules
December 9, 2019
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Pharma Industry Might Accept Comparator PMP Deduction If No Eligible Use Added in 6 Years
December 9, 2019
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Average NHI-Market Price Gap at 8.0%, Suspected Bid-Rigging Data Excluded: Chuikyo
December 4, 2019
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MHLW Floats 2 Rules to Address Unreasonable Price Rises for Listed Generics
November 26, 2019
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Chuikyo Members Remain Divided over Timing of Comparator PMP Removal
November 25, 2019
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MHLW Wants to Subject Innovative Add’l Use to PMP, but No Price Raise
November 25, 2019
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MHLW Wants to Ease Unfairness Concerns by Adding New Innovation Gauge to PMP Company Criteria
November 25, 2019
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Industry Urges Careful Approach to Creating Special Rule for Indication Change Re-Pricing: Chuikyo
November 25, 2019
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No Change to Essential Drug Rule in 2020 Reform: MHLW
November 25, 2019
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MHLW Proposes Earlier Price Cuts for Off-Patent Drugs with 80%-Plus Gx Rates, but Chuikyo Questions 2-Year Grace Period
November 25, 2019
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MHLW Proposes Continued Discussions for Cell & Gene Therapy Pricing
November 25, 2019
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MHLW to Propose “Special Rule” for Indication Change Re-Pricing
November 21, 2019
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Chuikyo Rep Calls for Modifying Re-Pricing Criteria with Eye to Xolair’s Pollen Allergy Use
November 14, 2019
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MHLW Sees No Major Problem with Current Rules for Low-Price Products, Chuikyo Questions Price Negotiation Process
November 12, 2019
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Chuikyo Positive about Changing Rules to Set Sales Thresholds after Market Expansion Re-Pricing Applied
November 11, 2019
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Japan to Use September 2019 Market Price Data for 2020 Revisions, April 2018 NHI Prices as Baseline
November 11, 2019
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Chuikyo Mixed on Integration of Kit Premium into Utility Premiums
October 24, 2019
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Chuikyo Payer Rep Moots Higher Prices for Biosames to Incentivize Biosimilar Development
October 24, 2019
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Chuikyo Snubs Industry Request to Revisit Comparator Criteria in New Drug Pricing
October 24, 2019
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The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on November 27 added to the NHI price list Japan’s first biosimilars of Avastin (bevacizumab), Nesp (darbepoetin alfa), and Forteo (teriparatide). The NHI prices of first biosimilars are set at 70% of…
Combined sales of eight major Japanese drug makers grew nearly 26% year on year in April-September, pushed up by the acquisition of Shire by Takeda Pharmaceutical. Even excluding the industry leader, though, seven firms still collectively eked out a slight…
Indian generic maker Lupin is casting off Kyowa Pharmaceutical Industry, which it acquired in 2007. Forking over 57.4 billion yen…
As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
Pharmaceutical sales per rep in Japan, a yardstick for “productivity” at drug makers, reached a record 172 million yen in FY2018, up 20 million yen from five years ago, as companies continue ramping up their job-shedding drive in a bid…
Riding on the back of an improved regulatory environment in China, major Japanese drug makers are moving to expand their businesses in the world’s second largest pharma market. Companies are pumping up their new drug pipelines, while forging solid sales…
Some seven years in the making, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) finally rolled out a cost-effectiveness assessment…
Japan will go ahead with the introduction of a cost-effectiveness assessment (CEA) scheme for drugs and medical devices in April…
While the digital transformation may only be in its infancy in the pharmaceutical industry, the winds of change are here. It’s only a matter of time until customers and patients demand a higher level of service, experience, and connectivity from…