Looking back at recent company decisions to shift product strategy, restructure its US Upsher-Smith business and acquire manufacturing sites from a former domestic competitor, Sawai's president shares the breadth of the Japanese firm’s vision.

Looking back at recent company decisions to shift product strategy, restructure its US Upsher-Smith business and acquire manufacturing sites from a former domestic competitor, Sawai's president shares the breadth of the Japanese firm’s vision.

The Japanese government will apply new drug reimbursement prices from 1 April, under which Pfizer’s Vyndaqel will be slashed by 75% and UCB's E Keppra by 26%. Nobelpharma and Santen will be also affected by the revision, which averages close to 7% across the board.

After seeing a spike in demand due to the coronavirus pandemic in Q1, with a corresponding dip in Q2, the generics industry has largely seen single-digit drops in net revenues in the third quarter of 2020. Meanwhile, the Indian pharma market has seen recovery after facing a challenging coronavirus-induced slump in the first two quarters of 2020.