As Japan gears up for its next drug pricing reform in April 2020, Shoji Kono, director of the National Federation…
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- Final Decision on Avastin's Indication for Breast Cancer Must Satisfy the Public
August 29, 2011
- Current Promising Drug Candidates with a New Mode of Action
August 8, 2011
- Why Eisai's Novel Anticancer Agent Halaven Received the Highest Ever Operating Profit Rate
August 8, 2011
- Consumption Tax Hike to Go With Measures to Increase Efficiency of Soc. Security System
July 18, 2011
- Actos Bladder Cancer Risk Highlights Problems with Safety Measures in Japan
July 4, 2011
- Era of Competition Dawns in Market for AD Treatments
June 27, 2011
- Will Dialogue between PSJ, JAMS Accelerate Development of Switch OTC Drugs?
June 20, 2011
- Return to Full-bore Growth Strategy Risky for Taiyo Pharm
June 13, 2011
- Why the Same Mistake Repeated? -MSD's Promotion Code Violations
June 6, 2011
- GE Makers to Make Difficult Decision on Actos Generics due to Combination Patent
June 6, 2011
- Effects of Changes to Accelerate Approval to Be Seen from November
May 30, 2011
- Japan's Most Admired Pharma Companies in 2010
April 4, 2011
- Will New Disclosure GL Promote Industry-Academia Alliances?
March 28, 2011
- Use of Generics by Welfare Recipients
March 7, 2011
- Wholesalers' Profits Drop Sharply Putting Premium for New Drug Development in Peril
February 21, 2011
- Safety Measures Based on Common Medical Knowledge Questioned by Court: Iressa Affair
February 21, 2011
- Recent Topics in Promising Anticancer Therapeutics
January 17, 2011
- Development Race for Oral Anticoagulants Entering Final Stretch
October 11, 2010
- How to Eliminate Concerns about Safety of Liovel
October 4, 2010
- Will It Be Possible to Eliminate Unnecessary Equivalence Studies for Generics?
September 20, 2010
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