On July 17, Japan’s Cabinet adopted the 2020 Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform (honebuto). Its initial text suggested the government’s position to carry out its first off-year drug price revision next April as well as its…
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- 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
- Big Pharma Losing Flagships within a Few Years and Shifting Paradigm
September 13, 2010
- Prior Assessment System Is One Step Forward to Quicker NDA Review
August 2, 2010
- Japan Should Promote Personalized Cancer Treatment
July 26, 2010
- Industry Needs to Form Consensus on Premium with Med. Institutions
July 26, 2010
- METI Reports on “Patent Box”Taxation System in Its Vision 2010
July 5, 2010
- How Will Generics-Only Companies Will Compete with Major New Entrants?
June 28, 2010
- Mr Hasegawa Calls For Cooperation with Asian Countries
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