As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
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Astellas’ LLP Sale to Private Equity Group Signals New Business Model for Older Drugs
April 10, 2017
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Mitsubishi Tanabe’s Exit Shows Research-Driven Makers’ Generic Biz at Crossroads
March 31, 2017
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As Takeda’s R&D Rejig Progresses, Biotech JV Launch Sets Direction for Its Japan Regime
March 23, 2017
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Daiichi Sankyo Espha Goes on AG Spree as It Wins Nod for 7 Major Brands
February 16, 2017
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Montelukast AG Achieves Rapid Market Penetration, Enjoys Stronger Start than Candesartan AG
February 7, 2017
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AGs Set to Break into 10 Billion Yen Territory in Japan
November 14, 2016
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Gilead Stays Pat on Hep C Plan, Japan Chief Says Innovation Outstrips Re-Pricing Hit
October 18, 2016
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Japan’s Established Drug Market Shines as Renewed Opportunity for Foreign Generic Firms
September 26, 2016
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Sumitomo Dainippon Feeling Sense of Crisis about Operating Profit to Approach Zero; Will Offer Early Retirement and Cut Executive Compensation
September 15, 2016
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Surprise Rule Change Pops Up Yet Again, This Time with Taltz
September 5, 2016
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Top Global Pharmas Lackluster in Japan while Hep C Drug Makers Flourish
June 21, 2016
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Success of Daiichi Sankyo’s New Midterm Plan to Hinge on Edoxaban; 120 Billion Yen Sales Target Set for FY2020
April 13, 2016
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Multiple Authorized Generics Get Approval towards June Listing as Pharmas See Opportunities
February 17, 2016
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Japan Drug Makers Foresee 6% Sales Growth in FY2015: Jiho Tally
February 15, 2016
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17,800 Hep C Patients Prescribed Sovaldi in 6 Months; Clinical Benefits Out of Consideration in New Re-Pricing Rule
January 27, 2016
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Global Pharmas Mull Excluding Japan from In-Licensing Deals on Annual Revision Fears, Softer Yen
January 26, 2016
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Takeda’s Exit from Diabetes Research a Symbolic Move under Weber Leadership
January 20, 2016
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Teva JV Deal Marks Turning Point in Takeda’s Japanese Business
January 6, 2016
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“Huge Seller” Re-Pricing Targeting Hep C Drugs Will Dampen Innovative Market
December 9, 2015
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Peak Sales Forecast for New Drugs Listed in 2015 Exceeded 840 Billion Yen with Big Contribution from Hep C Treatments
December 7, 2015
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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…
An adult man who completed the administration of an investigational drug in a Japan PI study conducted by Eisai has died. Whether there was a causal relationship between the drug and the subject’s death remains unclear at the present time,…
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…
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…
Jascha Heifetz, widely regarded as one of the greatest violinists of all time, was once stopped, on 57th Street in Manhattan, by a pedestrian asking, “Could you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?” Heifetz pondered the question for…