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BUSINESS Big 4 Drug Wholesalers Raided on Bid-Rigging Charges

November 28, 2019
REGULATORY Japan’s First Biosimilars of Avastin, Nesp, Forteo Receive Listing

November 27, 2019
BUSINESS Asahi Kasei to Buy Veloxis for 143.2 Billion Yen, Eyes US Transplant Market

November 26, 2019
REGULATORY MOF Panel Leery of Pricey Drugs for Huge Patient Population: FY2020 Budget Recommendation

November 26, 2019
REGULATORY Xolair’s Pollen Allergy Nod Delayed as Novartis Says It Needs More Time to Prepare for Launch

November 25, 2019
REGULATORY MHLW Wants to Ease Unfairness Concerns by Adding New Innovation Gauge to PMP Company Criteria

November 25, 2019
COMMENTARY Unison Capital Shows Rising Presence with Kyowa Deal, PE Fund Potential Catalyst for Industry Shakeup?

November 22, 2019
BUSINESS Evenity Debut, Copycat Entries Set to Jolt Power Map of Japan Osteoporosis Market

November 21, 2019
REGULATORY MHLW to Propose “Special Rule” for Indication Change Re-Pricing

November 21, 2019
BUSINESS Sumitomo Dainippon to Solely Promote Novartis Diabetes Meds from January

November 20, 2019
BUSINESS Mitsubishi Chemical to Fully Own Mitsubishi Tanabe to Solidify Healthcare Platform

November 19, 2019
ORGANIZATION RIKEN Develops Supercomputer for Molecular Dynamics Simulation, Will Be Made Available to Drug Makers for Drug Discovery Use

November 19, 2019
COMMENTARY Finance Officials, Payers Grow Jittery as Xolair’s Pollen Allergy Nod Looms

November 18, 2019
REGULATORY Will Japan Reinstate Sakigake Status for Aducanumab? Many See It Unlikely

November 15, 2019
BUSINESS Big 4 Japan Wholesalers Eke Out 1% Operating Margins: Jiho Tally

November 14, 2019
REGULATORY Keytruda to Get 17.5% Price Cut in February

November 13, 2019
REGULATORY Keytruda Faces Price Slash on Better-than-Expected Sales

November 12, 2019
REGULATORY Japan to Use September 2019 Market Price Data for 2020 Revisions, April 2018 NHI Prices as Baseline

November 11, 2019
REGULATORY Opposition Party Set to Compile HPV Vaccine Proposal by Year-End

November 8, 2019
BUSINESS As Trintellix Debut Nears, Lundbeck Japan Morphing into Full-Fledged Commercial Company

November 7, 2019

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Chuikyo Debate on FY2026 Drug Pricing Reform

Chuikyo Backs Draft FY2026 Pricing Reform Outline, Rejects Key Industry Requests

By Takashi Ebisawa

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) on December 12 presented a draft outline of the FY2026 drug pricing…

COMMENTARY

FY2026 Reform Debate for Drug Pricing Nears the Finish Line, Balance Needed

By Takashi Ebisawa

Japan has presented its latest draft policy direction for its FY2026 drug pricing reform. While the package includes a string…

COLUMN

AI in HR: Navigating the Ethical Minefield

By Philip Carrigan

Let’s be real: even with the best intentions, AI systems can reflect our own unconscious biases. As Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky famously demonstrated in their groundbreaking work on Prospect Theory, humans are prone to cognitive biases that influence our…