Japan Japan was once a global leader in life sciences innovation, introducing about a third of the world’s new drugs in the 1980s, but this positioning slipped following decades of economic stagnation compounded by a conservative regulatory regime. However recent regulatory reforms have brought a more positive outlook and sparked a…
Japan A roundup of the most important stories coming out of Japan’s pharma industry, including the sharp increase in deaths linked to Kobayashi supplements; the partnership between Moderna and Mitsubishi Tanabe to jointly promote Moderna’s mRNA respiratory vaccine portfolio; the country’s move to to support domestic antibiotics production; Takeda’s licenscing agreement…
Japan Japan’s pharma market is one of the world’s biggest, with a value of around USD 95 billion, according to figures from the country’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW). Japanese firms have a particularly strong standing in their home market, making up six of the country’s top ten pharma…
Korea Narihiko Yoshii, president of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Korea unveils the value that they are bringing to Korean patients by utilising legislation regarding orphan drugs to fast track the market entry of their products. Yoshii also provides his assessment of how low drug pricing is indirectly affecting the decisions of Mitsubishi…
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