LEXICON
No.101 February 6, 2012

Ordinary NHI price revision; price revision based on market prices
通常改定
Re-pricing following market expansion
市場拡大再算定
Special (extraordinary) price cut (reduction)
特例引き下げ
Ad hoc (additional) NHI price cut
追加引き下げ

As a rule, NHI drug prices (薬価) are revised every two years in April based on the results of a market drug price survey conducted in the autumn in the previous year (ordinary NHI price revision; 通常改定). In addition, drugs...

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