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Pharmaceutical Administration and Regulations in Japan - Nihs

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Table 9. Requirements for Apply<strong>in</strong>g Premiums<br />

<br />

Premium for <strong>in</strong>novativeness (rate: 70-120%)<br />

Applied to new drug products <strong>in</strong> the NHI price lists meet<strong>in</strong>g all of the follow<strong>in</strong>g requirements:<br />

1) The newly entered drug has a cl<strong>in</strong>ically useful new mechanism of action.<br />

(1) 2) The newly entered drug has been shown objectively to have greater efficacy <strong>and</strong> safety than<br />

exist<strong>in</strong>g (comparator) drugs <strong>in</strong> the same class.<br />

3) The newly entered drug has been shown objectively to improve treatment of the <strong>in</strong>dicated disease<br />

or trauma.<br />

(2) Premium for usefulness I (35-60%)<br />

(3)<br />

(4)<br />

(5)<br />

Applied to new drug products <strong>in</strong> the NHI price lists that meet two of the three requirements listed<br />

above<br />

Premium for usefulness II (5-30%)<br />

Applied to new drug products <strong>in</strong> the NHI price lists that meet one of the follow<strong>in</strong>g requirements<br />

(exclud<strong>in</strong>g products to which the <strong>in</strong>novativeness premium or usefulness premium (I) is applied):<br />

1) The newly entered drug has a cl<strong>in</strong>ically useful new mechanism of action.<br />

2) The newly entered drug has been shown objectively to be more effective <strong>and</strong> safe than exist<strong>in</strong>g<br />

(comparator) drugs <strong>in</strong> the same class.<br />

3) The newly entered drug has been shown objectively to offer, as a result of formulation<br />

improvement, greater therapeutic usefulness than other drugs <strong>in</strong> the same class.<br />

4) The newly entered drug has been shown objectively to improve treatment of the <strong>in</strong>dicated disease<br />

or trauma.<br />

Premium for pediatric use (5-20%)<br />

Applied to new drug products <strong>in</strong> the NHI price lists meet<strong>in</strong>g all of the follow<strong>in</strong>g requirements:<br />

1) The newly entered drug is explicitly shown <strong>in</strong> the Indications section or Dosage <strong>and</strong> <strong>Adm<strong>in</strong>istration</strong><br />

section to be <strong>in</strong>dicated for children (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>fants, suckl<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>fants, newborns, <strong>and</strong><br />

low-birthweight <strong>in</strong>fants).<br />

2) The premiums for pediatric use must not have been given to comparator drugs available <strong>in</strong> the NHI<br />

price lists.<br />

Premium for marketability I (10-20%)<br />

Applied to new drug products <strong>in</strong> the NHI price lists meet<strong>in</strong>g all of the follow<strong>in</strong>g requirements:<br />

1) Orphan drugs pursuant to the provisions of Article 77-2 of the <strong>Pharmaceutical</strong> Affairs Law <strong>in</strong> the<br />

NHI price lists for which the orphan <strong>in</strong>dications for the disease or trauma are the ma<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dications<br />

of the drugs concerned.<br />

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