The Blackstone Group, a major US private equity firm, has announced the acquisition of Takeda Consumer Healthcare Company (TCHC), a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical. Investment funds and other industries have been putting out feelers toward the pharmaceutical sector in recent…
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My Viewpoint on CEA
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Ensuring Patient Access Was MHLW’s Top Priority for CEA Scheme: Policy Planning Director
April 23, 2019
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CEA Use in Reimbursement Decisions Our Ultimate Goal: MOF Budget Examiner
April 19, 2019
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With 90% Premium Cut, Japanese CEA Scheme Goes Beyond Its Purpose of Being “Complementary” Tool: FPMAJ Pricing Chief
April 5, 2019
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Ex-Minister Tamura: 3 New Sources of Social Security Funding Needed to Stem Overreliance on Drug Price Cuts
April 3, 2019
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Kyokai Kenpo Director Yoshimori: Japan Should Eventually Use Cost-Effectiveness Assessment to Set Launch Prices
March 29, 2019
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Kenporen Director Kono: Apply CEA to Reimbursement Decisions Once Credible System Established
March 18, 2019
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JMA Exec Matsumoto: CEA Scheme Merely a Supplemental Tool to Drug Pricing System, Continued Discussions Necessary
March 7, 2019
Measures focusing on risk management should be necessary to prevent disruptions in API supplies, Prof. Hiroyuki Sakamaki of Kanagawa University…
Nearly a year after the introduction of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) drug promotion guidelines in April…
Advancements in modified oligonucleotide technologies has been the key driver behind a spate of approvals in the oligonucleotide therapeutics space…
Japan’s key reimbursement policy panel on December 20 approved an outline of its FY2020 drug pricing reform next April, with…
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…
A total of 51 new drugs joined the NHI price list in 2019, which are expected to generate combined peak sales of 373 billion yen, according to Jiho’s tally of data submitted to a key reimbursement policy panel. The relatively…
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…
Despite the worldwide focus on inclusivity and diversity, it will take immediate action to counteract Japan’s growing gender gap. Study after study has proven that companies with more women in senior roles perform better financially, gaining a competitive edge from…