Statistics

• Estimates of National Medical Care Expenditure
• Population
• Socilal Security Expenditure by Category
• Statistics of Production by Pharmaceutical Industry

Generic Share

• Generic Share (%) by MHLW Drug Price Survey conducted biennially
• Generic Share (%) investigated by JGA and IQVIA Japan

Government Policy for Expanding Generic Medicine Use

• Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal management and Reform 2018
• Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Management and Reform 2017
• Basic Policy for Fundamental Reform of the Drug Pricing System in Japan 2016
• Basic Policy on Economic and Fiscal Managemnet and Reform 2015
• Roadmap for Further Promotion of Generic Medicine Use (April, 2013)
• Action Program for Expanding Generic Medicine Use (October, 2007)

Guidelines and Regulation

• Bioequivalence (BE)
• Biosimilar Products