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    Rewarding Value and Innovation and Ensuring Financial Viability of the Biopharmaceutical Supply Chain in Japan
    By Eric Persoff

    The healthcare supply chain in Japan, as in all major markets, consists of biopharmaceutical manufacturers selling to wholesalers who in turn sell to hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies, where the drugs are finally dispensed to patients. Each party ideally contributes value…

    MHLW Expert Panel on Comprehensive Measures for Pharmaceuticals

    Expert Panel Agrees on Need for Generic Industry Shakeup, Company Criteria Floated
    By Yoshinori Sagehashi

    The health ministry’s key expert panel on February 15 agreed on the need to consolidate the Japanese generic sector to…

    COMMENTARY

    FY2024 Pricing Reform Likely to Focus on “Balance” between Rewarding Innovation and Optimizing LLP Prices
    By Yoshinori Sagehashi

    “Balance” seems to be the keyword for the next drug pricing reform in FY2024. Japan now appears ready to seek a better balance between evaluating innovative medicines and taking tough measures against companies dependent on long-listed products (LLPs) and generic…

    Chuikyo on Off-Year Drug Price Revision

    Healthcare Providers Rap Product Coverage of Off-Year Re-Pricing, Payers Hail Threshold: Chuikyo

    A key Japanese reimbursement policy panel on December 16 approved the government-backed plan for the FY2023 “off-year” drug price revision.…

    Jiho Survey: FY2022 Drug Price Revision

    Authorized Generics Likely Speeding Up G1/G2 Price Cuts for Off-Patent Brands: Jiho Tally

    Authorized generic (AG) strategies taken by innovative drug makers might help soften the impact of generic competition in their businesses but such tactics might also accelerate the application of “G1”/“G2” price cuts for their off-patent brand-name medicines, a Jiho tally…

    FY2022 Drug Pricing Reform

    MHLW Unveils New List Prices for FY2022 Revision, 18 Off-Patent APIs Face Early “G1” Cuts

    Japan’s health ministry announced new NHI prices to be applied in April under the FY2022 drug price revision in the official gazette on March 4, with the earlier application of so-called “G1” price cuts to be implemented for the first…