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- MHLW Reports 3 New Cases of Inadvertent Use of Xocova in Pregnant Women
July 3, 2023
- Study Group of Lawmakers, Industry Urges Earlier Launch of Genome Analysis Project Organ
July 3, 2023
- MHLW Expert Panel’s Report Serves as Starting Line for Reform: Asst. Vice Minister
June 30, 2023
- Japan to Revise Generic Use Target to Value-Based Figure
June 30, 2023
- MHLW to Run Pilot Sale of Emergency Contraceptives without Prescription
June 29, 2023
- Japan Mulls Narrowing Down COVID-19 Jabs to Pfizer, but Some Lawmakers Are Skeptical
June 29, 2023
- PMDA Reviewing Anaphylaxis Risk for Xocova
June 29, 2023
- MHLW Shuffles Senior Bureaucrats, Jo Tapped as Chief of Pharma Bureau
June 28, 2023
- After Years of Debates, Wholesalers’ Negative Primary Margins Remain a Problem
June 28, 2023
- SCARDA, CEPI Ink Pact to Beef Up Collab for Vaccine Development
June 28, 2023
- Japan OKs Oncaspar, Lytgobi, Litfulo, Rinvoq/Keytruda Label Expansions and More
June 27, 2023
- Ryukaikon Calls for Correcting Excessive Yakkasa by Revising Distribution Guidelines
June 27, 2023
- Ryukaikon to Discuss Drug Categories to Be Separated from Bundled Trades
June 27, 2023
- Japan Reports World’s 1st Death from Oz Virus
June 26, 2023
- PMDA Reviewing Safety Risks for 10 Statin Drugs, Tirzepatide
June 26, 2023
- Will Pilot Switch Proposal Break Stalemate in Emergency Contraceptive Debate?
June 23, 2023
- Avigan, 3 Other Drugs Get Orphan Status in Japan
June 23, 2023
- Chuikyo Kicks Off Debates toward FY2024 Drug Price Reform
June 22, 2023
- Chuikyo OKs Drug Price Survey Plan for FY2024 Revision
June 22, 2023
- Japan Diet Ends Ordinary Session, All 7 MHLW-Submitted Bills Enacted
June 22, 2023
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Earlier this month, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) unveiled a long list of social security proposals towards the FY2025 budgeting,…
A Japanese health ministry panel discussing the generic industry structure on May 22 put together a report in which it…
A Japanese health ministry study group focused on pharmaceutical regulations on March 21 agreed on a policy to encourage the…
The Japanese health ministry on December 22 approved a batch of medicines for additional indications, including Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s atypical antipsychotic Rexulti (brexpiprazole) and Zenyaku Kogyo’s anti-CD20 antibody Rituxan (rituximab).Rexulti is now newly indicated for the treatment of depression and depressive…
Japan’s all-important reimbursement policy panel on December 20 approved an outline of drug pricing reforms for FY2024, which enshrines a…
The Japanese health ministry’s expert panel tasked to discuss comprehensive policies for the rapid and stable supply of pharmaceuticals generally…
A key Japanese reimbursement policy panel on December 16 approved the government-backed plan for the FY2023 “off-year” drug price revision.…
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…
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…