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Japan In 2025: Policy Give, Pricing Take Set To Continue

 
• By Lisa Takagi

While Japan looks set to further improve policies to support ventures and ease market entry this year, these will contrast with ongoing reimbursement price controls.

Japan’s pharmaceutical industry faces both expanding hopes and growing challenges this year, with an expected mix of ongoing policy changes designed to ease regulatory pathways along with continuing reimbursement price controls designed to contain government healthcare spending.

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