PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 483 - 30 Jul 2005

■ A position paper outlining recommendations forchanges to Japan’s National Health Insurance drugpricing system has been published by the USPharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers ofAmerica (PhRMA), reports Marketletter: Pharma NewsDaily. The PhRMA perceives a number of problemswith the country’s current system, namely in the areasof pricing of new drugs, revising prices of already-approved drugs, costing of biological products, andinsurance coverage of drugs with additional indicationsand preventive medicine. The position paper has beendrawn up as part of the 2006 healthcare systemreforms.See also PharmacoEconomics & Outcomes News 226:11, 21 Aug 1999; 800785332US PhRMA proposes changes to Japanese NHI drug pricing system.Marketletter 32: 16, No. 30, 25 Jul 2005 801002152

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