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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- Japan Sketches Out Stable API Supply Measures, Set to Pick Key Drugs from 551 Candidates by March-End
August 4, 2020
- Tetsunari Kihira Appointed as Pharmaceutical Management Director
August 4, 2020
- Pfizer to Supply COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for 60 Million People in Japan
August 3, 2020
- PMDA Reviewing Safety Risks for Plaquenil, Relumina
August 3, 2020
- PMDA Provided Preliminary Info on MID-NET Use for Free in “Just Under 10 Cases”: Official
July 31, 2020
- MHLW Finds 57 Suspected Violations in Drug Detailing Activities in FY2019
July 30, 2020
- AMED’s Drug Discovery Library under CiCLE Program Ready to Start Operations
July 30, 2020
- AMED Selects 2 Anti-COVID-19 Projects under CiCLE Grant Program
July 30, 2020
- HPV Vaccines Clinically Significant in Japan, PMDA Says in Silgard 9 Review Report
July 28, 2020
- Dexamethasone Added to MHLW’s COVID-19 Guide
July 27, 2020
- Chuikyo OKs Plan for September Drug Price Survey, Smaller Coverage amid COVID-19
July 22, 2020
- Reinstate “Active Recommendation” for HPV Vaccines: LDP Lawmakers’ League
July 22, 2020
- Label Revisions Ordered for Iopamiron, 5 Other Contrast Media
July 22, 2020
- September Drug Price Survey Likely as MHLW to Keep Its Proposal Unchanged
July 21, 2020
- Kadcyla, Keytruda, Imfinzi in Line for Label Expansion in August
July 20, 2020
- 2020 Policy Blueprint Restresses Efforts on COVID-19 Meds/Vaccines; Drug Price Survey Up for Discussion on July 22
July 20, 2020
- Japan Might Tap Coronavirus Emergency Reserve for Vaccines
July 17, 2020
- Japan Govt Adopts 2020 Honebuto Policy, Drug Price Survey to Be Conducted This Autumn
July 17, 2020
- Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory’s Infusion Solution in Line for September Approval
July 16, 2020
- Japan Govt to Push Ahead with Off-Year Survey, Considering COVID-19 Impact to Decide on Re-Pricing
July 16, 2020
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