pharmaceutical market

hospitals, pharmaceutical wholesalers, dispensing pharmacy chains,and other pharmaceutical organizations

I        New Medical Service System Launched under Lack of Financial Resources

• 90,000 sick beds for the patients supposed to need serious care is scheduled to be reduced to save the current wasting of medical fees
• Revision of the Medical Payment System 2014 showed that dramatic changes are required in the industry
• Revision of the Dispensing Fees encouraged shift towards quality enhancement

II   Challenges of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers to Part from Conventional Business Practice

• How the wholesalers face "the Penalty Rule for Reducing Medical Fees" targeting pharmaceutical businesses that do not assent to low-price settlement
• Without reconsidering their sales activities, pharmaceutical wholesalers cannot improve the business
• It is indispensable for the wholesalers to shift to general pharmaceutical trading companies in order to stabilize their business

III   Changing Power Relationships in Pharmaceutical Industry

• Impact of Revisions of Drug Prices 2014
• In spite of increasing demands, prices of generic drugs are on the decline
• The pharmaceutical industry which is required to respond to demographic changes
• How far the sales activities of pharmaceutical companies can change
• Pharmaceutical enterprises activate their investment to venture capital funds

IV   Molecular Target Drugs Coming to the Fore in Ethical Drugs Market

• Stronger existence of molecular target drugs is shown in the market
• Competition has become fiercer for anticancer drugs and diabetic
• New drugs and regulations that influence the market
• Forecast of Ethical Drugs Production in Japan (2013 to 2021)

V   Results of Questionnaire to Management of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers

VI   Results of Questionnaire to Management of Dispensing Pharmacy Chains