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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- In Renewed Attempt, Tokushima Univ. Starts IIT for Eisai-Dropped ALS Drug Candidate
November 9, 2017
- Japan’s 1st Constipation Treatment Guidelines Recommend Drugs Acting on Epithelial Function Including Amitiza
October 25, 2017
- Nephrology Society to Build Database, Biobank to Support Drug Discovery; Some 20 Companies Interested in Collaboration
October 13, 2017
- AMED Study Group to Investigate Drugs to Recommend in Elderly Depression Patients; Findings to Be Reflected in New Guidelines
September 7, 2017
- Over 150 Clinical Trials of Epigenetic Drugs, Some with Novel Mechanisms of Action, Underway Worldwide
August 31, 2017
- Opdivo-Induced Myasthenia Gravis Tends to Become Severe: Keio Researchers
August 21, 2017
- Japan Gastric Cancer Association to Wait for Opdivo Nod before Guidelines Update, Keytruda Won’t Make It This Time
August 16, 2017
- NCCHD to Launch Panel to Study Real-World Drug Use in Children, Findings Might Be Used for Label Revisions
August 8, 2017
- Kyoto Univ. to Commence Trial of Drug Candidate Discovered in iPS Cells Research for Rare Bone Disease
August 3, 2017
- Drug Vial Optimization Reduces Drug Expenditure, with Biggest Savings for Opdivo: Study
August 2, 2017
- Hypertension Treatment Guidelines for Elderly Finalized with Recommendations on Dosage Reduction, Discontinuation
July 21, 2017
- JSHR to Conduct 20-Year Follow-Up Study in Up to 100,000 Patients to Determine Efficacy of H. Pylori Eradication Therapy at Preventing Stomach Cancer
July 14, 2017
- New Treatment GL for Advanced HCC to Be Issued in October, Will Recommend Nexavar for 1st-Line Treatment
July 11, 2017
- Cure Can Be Expected Now for Colon Cancer Due to Advances in Pharmacotherapy: Oncologist
July 5, 2017
- Long-Term Safety of PCSK9 Inhibitors Remains to Be Determined: New Atherosclerosis Prevention Guidelines
July 4, 2017
- Japanese Society of Hypertension to Verify Results of SPRINT Study
June 14, 2017
- AbbVie’s Novel Hep C Treatment Achieves 100% SVR in Genotype 1 Hepatitis C Patients with Compensated Cirrhosis
June 13, 2017
- DPP-4 Inhibitor Prevents Deterioration in Cardiac Diastolic Function in Diabetes Patients: Research Sub-Analysis
May 26, 2017
- Will Formularies Spread in Japan? Some Don’t Think So, but MOF Push Might Give Impetus
May 23, 2017
- “Authorized Biosimilars” Could Be Priced at 50% of Originators: Prof.
May 23, 2017
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As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
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