Will Priority Prescription Cards Help Japan Promote Generics?
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - Struggling to promote the use of generic drugs, now stalled around 17 percent of total Japanese prescription drug sales, Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will distribute "generic prescription priority cards" to all National Health Insurance policyholders as part of its fiscal 2009 budget, MHLW officials told PharmAsia News Jan. 13