Japan Sets Luxturna, Other New Prices While Cutting Selected Fast Growers

Reimbursement Give And Take

Six new drugs including Luxturna will be price-listed in Japan on 30 August, with the Novartis gene therapy set to become the second-most expensive therapeutic product in the country. Behind another round of market expansion-related price cuts for selected drugs, discussions on possible changes to the repricing system are ongoing.

Cortiment, Litfulo, Lytgobi, Empaveli, Oncaspar, ActHIB and Luxturna joined NHI reimbursement list.
Cortiment, Litfulo, Lytgobi, Empaveli, Oncaspar, ActHIB and Luxturna join Japan NHI reimbursement list. • Source: Shutterstock

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