MHLW Doubles Budget For Generic Drug Use Promotion Measures
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare doubled its budget request for promotion measures of generic drug use in fiscal year 2009. The budge requested ¥91 million compared to ¥45 million appropriated in FY2008. The increased amount will be used to establish programs at the local level to raise public awareness and further generic drug use, which is key to the government's goal of keeping social security increases within ¥210 billion annually. In addition, the budget also requested ¥146 million for information gathering in generic drug's quality, ¥45 million for quality assurance and ¥7 million to conduct market research of generic drug use in Europe and the U.S. (Click here for more - Japanese language