With snowballing healthcare spending and the emergence of new modalities of treatments, discussions are heating up around revisiting the scope of health coverage on pharmaceuticals, with the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and payers advocating the mantra of “large risks with…
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Special Interview on Long-Listed Products and Generic Drugs
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Astem Pres. Yoshimura Says Wholesalers Should Break Away from Dependence on Long-Listed Drugs
April 4, 2013
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MOF Budget Examiner Hirotsugu Shinkawa Hopes to See New Generic Target Set at Highest Share Achievable at Fastest Pace
March 29, 2013
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CSIMC Expert Member Yoshiaki Kamoya (Executive Officer, Shionogi) Says Price Cuts for Long-Listed Drugs and Perpetuation of Premium for New Drug Development Should Be Discussed Together
March 22, 2013
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Japan Pharmaceutical Association Vice President Hirotsugu Miura Says that 70% Rule for New Generics Will Be Debatable in Future
March 15, 2013
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Japan Health Insurance Association President Tsuyoshi Kobayashi Points Out that Price Competition Will Not Work If Prices Are Set Equally
March 12, 2013
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Kyoto Medical Association Vice President Hideki Adachi Says Drug Makers Should Closely Verify NHI Prices and Development Costs of Each Drug
March 8, 2013
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Shuji Shirakawa of Kenporen Says Long-Listed Product Price Cuts Irrelevant to New Drug Development Premium
February 28, 2013
As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
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Japan’s generic market is hitting a plateau soon. Incentive measures rolled out by the government since 2002 have driven its…
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…
In my home country of Australia, there is a famous candy called “Minties”. Minties has a long-running advertising campaign, presenting comical situations, with the caption, “It’s moments like these.” The phase has become part of the Aussie vernacular, meaning in…