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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- Keio Univ. Board OKs World’s 1st iPS Cell Clinical Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
November 29, 2018
- Health Economist Calls for Robust Appraisal Process in Japan CEA System
November 20, 2018
- World’s 1st, Keio Univ. Plans iPS Cell Clinical Research for Spinal Cord Injuries
November 15, 2018
- Hematology Specialist Advises Caution in Using Hemlibra in Children
October 30, 2018
- Research Group Builds New Pathogenic Variants Database for Japanese Hereditary Breast Cancer
October 16, 2018
- I/O Pioneers Win Nobel Prize in Medicine; Honjo Prods Japan Firms to Make More Academic Investment at Home
October 2, 2018
- New Treatment GL for Statin Intolerance Compiled by Atherosclerosis Society, 3 Other Academic Societies
October 1, 2018
- Opdivo Holds Promise as New Option for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma: Pulmonary Specialist
September 21, 2018
- Oncologist Hails Tagrisso Approval for 1st-Line Lung Cancer Treatment
September 14, 2018
- 3-Year Cancer Survival Rate in Japan at 71%: NCC
September 13, 2018
- Japan Cancer Association to Release Statement on Health Spending at Sept. Meeting
August 24, 2018
- Only 30% of Patients Took Thyroid Tests before Receiving Dementia Meds: Survey
July 25, 2018
- Debut of siRNA Therapeutic Looming on Horizon; Alnylam’s Patisiran Might Be Filed in Japan Too
July 24, 2018
- Japanese Society of Medical Oncology to Update I/O Guidelines in October
July 18, 2018
- Hematologist Optimistic about New Drugs for AML Including SMO and BCL-2 Inhibitors as Well as FLT3 Inhibitors
July 11, 2018
- Doctors Need Solid Understanding of Hereditary Cancer When Prescribing Lynparza for Breast Cancer: Prof.
July 5, 2018
- Anti-TNF-α Antibody Treatment for Crohn’s Disease Costs 1.95 Million Yen per Patient Annually: Study
June 27, 2018
- Licensee Selection Draws Near for AMED-Backed Cancer Mouth Sores Treatment
June 26, 2018
- Nucala, Fasenra to Be Ranked as Strongest Treatments in New Asthma Guidelines: Allergology Society
June 21, 2018
- MHLW Study Group to Discuss Roles of JAK Inhibitors and Biosimilars toward RA Treatment Guidelines Revision
June 5, 2018
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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…
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…