Interest is growing in discussions by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) new expert panel on comprehensive pharmaceutical measures. At its meeting on September 22, major trade groups made their cases to push for a re-think of the…
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- MHLW to Seek Budget for Integrated Drug Supply Info System for FY2023
August 23, 2022
- MHLW to Boost Orphan Program to Fuel New Drug Development: FY2023 Budget Request
August 23, 2022
- After Repeated Scandals, PMDA Sets Up New Division to Provide GMP Inspection Know-How to Prefectures
August 22, 2022
- Study Group Agrees on Need to Craft Transparent Rules for Use of Pseudonymized Info
August 22, 2022
- Operational Issues of Emergency Approval Scheme Will Be Addressed If Needed: Pharma Bureau Chief
August 19, 2022
- New Panel on Drug Distribution and Pricing Likely to Launch on Aug. 31
August 18, 2022
- AZ’s Asthma Drug Tezepelumab Up for MHLW Panel Review on August 29
August 17, 2022
- Generic Makers Flock to Samsca’s Heart Failure Market after Patent Invalidated; Gx Listing Expected in December
August 16, 2022
- Authorized Generics Approved for Nexium, Samsca, Lipitor, Careram
August 16, 2022
- First Generics for 5 APIs Approved towards December Listing, with 8 Firms for Nexium
August 16, 2022
- MHLW Leaks Personal Info on Intractable Disease Patients
August 16, 2022
- Lilly’s GIP/GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Up for PAFSC Review on August 25
August 15, 2022
- Takashi Hanyuda Tapped as Senior Vice Health Minister
August 15, 2022
- 26 Suspected Violations in Detailing Activities Reported in FY2021: MHLW
August 12, 2022
- Nippon Shinyaku’s MonoVer Iron Deficiency Drug Skips August Listing
August 12, 2022
- Katsunobu Kato Makes Yet Another Comeback as Health Minister
August 10, 2022
- Chuikyo OKs Lagevrio, Voxzogo, Enjaymo, and More for August Listing, BioMarin Med with Biggest Peak Sales Outlook
August 10, 2022
- Rybelsus Faces 2.5-2.6% Price Cut in November under CEA Scheme; No Change for Cabometyx
August 10, 2022
- Deliberations Underway for Transfer of Some MHLW Functions to Boost Pandemic Responses: Vice Health Minister
August 10, 2022
- Japan to Begin BA.1-Based Omicron Booster Program as Early as October
August 9, 2022
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