On paper, things should be looking up for Japan’s pharmaceutical wholesalers. Industry expectations are mounting that the average gap between NHI and market prices will narrow further in FY2026 from the previous year’s record low of 4.8%.A shrinking gap should…
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Academic Society Frets Availability of 1st-Gen Oral Cephems amid Choseido Halt
As new manufacturing issues at Choseido Pharmaceutical have crippled the supply of antibiotics in Japan, Naoki Hasegawa, president of the Japanese Association for Infectious Diseases, aired concerns over the impact particularly on first-generation oral cephems in a recent interview with…
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