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    When It Comes to Recruitment, Time Is Money. Have a Plan!
    By Philip Carrigan

    Companies don’t plan to fail when it comes to recruitment, but many fail to plan. What happens if your marketing director resigns? A recruiting plan gives your organization the confidence in knowing that whatever happens, there is a process in…

    MHLW Expert Panel on Comprehensive Measures for Pharmaceuticals

    Experts Doubt Necessity of Policy Intervention for LLP-Dependent Companies

    Is policy intervention necessary for Japanese drug makers reliant on off-patent brand-name medicines? Many members of the health ministry’s key…

    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.…

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    LDP Expects to Finalize Tax Reform Plan This Week; Will It Expand R&D Credit System?
    By Izuru Ando

    The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) will wrap up its discussions on the FY2023 tax reform plan within a few days. Some provisions of the R&D tax credit system, which allow drug makers to deduct a portion of R&D expenses from…

    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…