Price revision of medicines: With the new corona, the voice of seeing off will be strengthened, but it is expected that adjustment will continue, July 13 5:20
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Regarding the price of drugs set by the government, there is a growing voice within the ruling party that due to the effect of the new coronavirus, it will be difficult to investigate an appropriate market price, and the revision for the next fiscal year should be abandoned. We are going to reduce the size of the survey and then decide whether to revise it, and it is expected that adjustment will continue.
Regarding the price of drugs set by the government, the government will revise the price once every two years from the next fiscal year so that it will appropriately reflect the market price and help reduce medical costs.
Regarding the market price survey prior to the revision, the Japan Medical Association and others requested that the transaction price be different due to the effect of the new coronavirus and that medical institutions have no room to respond to the survey. I am.
Even within the ruling party, there are growing voices saying that it is difficult to conduct an appropriate survey at present, and that the revision for the next fiscal year should be abandoned.
On the other hand, the government says that curbing medical costs is an important issue that cannot be postponed, and it will reduce the scale and conduct a survey in the fall as scheduled.
However, whether or not the price will be revised is determined based on the survey results, and adjustments are expected to continue.