Japan’s health ministry approved a slew of new medicines on September 25 including multiple “first of its kind” products, among them being GlaxoSmithKline’s respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine Arexvy as well as Eisai’s Alzheimer’s therapy Leqembi (lecanemab).Arexvy became the first…
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- MHLW Proposes Setting Key Drugs as Category Separated from Bundled Trades
September 29, 2023
- Guidelines Should Urge Drug Makers to Explain Solo-Wholesaler Decisions: Panel Members
September 29, 2023
- MHLW Expert Panel Draws Up New Cancer Research Strategy
September 28, 2023
- As Chuikyo Begins Pricing Debate of Leqembi, Panelists Urge Safety, Fair Access
September 28, 2023
- Japan PM Asks Health Minister to Reform Pricing of Potential Blockbusters
September 28, 2023
- Ex-Senior Vice Minister Koga to Lead LDP’s Health Division
September 28, 2023
- Japan Agrees to Buy Extra 10 Million Doses of Pfizer COVID Vaccine
September 27, 2023
- Kamoshita Tapped as Advisor to PM on Drug, Dementia Policies
September 27, 2023
- Aichi Case of Death After COVID Shot Could Have Been Avoided with Adequate Steps: Report
September 27, 2023
- Japan to Balance Innovation, Finances in Leqembi Pricing: Minister
September 27, 2023
- Draft Revision of Basic Blood Product Policy OK’ed, to Be Finalized by March-End
September 27, 2023
- Leqembi Approval Marks New Era of Dementia Treatment: Japan PM
September 26, 2023
- Japan Approves Multiple Firsts, Leqembi, Arexvy, Leqvio, and More
September 26, 2023
- Leqembi Subject to Cost Control Rule for Potential Big Sellers, MHLW Still Set to Meet Listing Deadline
September 26, 2023
- Govt Must Bolster Leadership in Building Drug Discovery Ecosystem: New Minister
September 26, 2023
- Japan Approves Eisai/Biogen’s Alzheimer’s Drug Leqembi
September 25, 2023
- Japan PM Announces Yen-Loan Program to Fight Pandemics
September 25, 2023
- Ex-Minister Tamura Tapped for No. 2 in LDP Policy Panel
September 25, 2023
- METI to Bankroll 95.5 Billion Yen in 23 Projects to Build Vaccine Sites, Moderna Among Them
September 22, 2023
- MHLW Panel Members Call for Tightening Advertising Regulations for Off-Label GLP-1 Use
September 22, 2023
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