International Journal of Health Policy and Management

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Japan’s Drug Regulation Framework: Aiming for Better Health or Bigger Profits?

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors
Akihiko Ozaki 1, 2
Yuki Senoo 2, 3
Hiroaki Saito 4
Andy Crump 5
Tetsuya Tanimoto 2
1 Department of Breast Surgery, Jyoban Hospital of Tokiwa Foundation, Fukushima, Japan
2 Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan
3 Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
4 Department of Gastroenterology, Sendai Kousei Hospital, Miyagi, Japan
5 Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan
10.34172/ijhpm.2020.56
Keywords
Drug Regulation
Gene Therapy
Health Policy
Immunotherapy
Japan
Regenerative Medicines

Dear Editor,

The advent of novel therapeutics has caused the rising cost of drugs to become of increasing global concern. Countries with universal healthcare systems, such as Japan and the United Kingdom, face a seemingly unsolvable conundrum of how to sustain their exorbitantly expensive public healthcare systems in a cost-effective manner... (Read more...)

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International Journal of Health Policy and Management
Volume 10, Issue 1
January 2021
Pages 47-48

  • Received Date 04 March 2020
  • Revised Date 11 April 2020
  • Accepted Date 12 April 2020
  • First Published Date 01 January 2021
  • Published Date 01 January 2021