LEXICON
No.149 July 31, 2015

Price Maintenance Premium
新薬創出加算

The “price maintenance premium (PMP)” (新薬創出加算; shinyaku soshutsu kasan ), also called “innovation premium,” was introduced on a pilot basis in April 2010 under the FY2010 NHI pricing reform. The PMP is designed to effectively maintain the NHI prices of...

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