A Closer Look At International Reference Pricing China And Japan

djamal-soft الاثنين، 27 مايو 2019
By Edward Stone


Over the past decades, IRP has increasingly been adopted by most European countries like UK, Germany, France, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, and Asia, among others. The healthcare reform has deepened, making most of these countries to eliminate the traditional cost-based costing methodology. They have thus proposed a new costing strategy that is based on market conditions, the ability to pay as well as negotiations. This has made IRP become an essential component of the considerations. This article will give you a better understanding of the International Reference Pricing China and Japan.

International Reference Pricing has significantly impacted China and Japan. This is because this costing methodology limits the flexibility of most companies. Therefore, there are no differentiated prices anymore. Thus IRP has increased market interconnections making the optimization of launch sequence to become very complicated. As much as most companies have agreed to this policy, other industries are feeling affected.

Nevertheless, these changes in the costing methodology are critical in monitoring and maintaining the price of many pharmaceuticals in most countries. However, countries should ensure that they understand the impact that this methodology creates. This policy is used by several countries to set the price of pharmaceuticals across the world. It, therefore, has a huge impact. The focus of IRP is to assess the impact of referencing and recommend ways that will be best in maximizing revenues.

The Chinese government, in 2009, established a reform program in the healthcare sector. The main aim of this initiative was to monitor and control healthcare expenditures as well as increase the quality of care. This prompted NDRC to propose a new policy for pricing drugs in the year 2015. The increasing costs of the pharmaceuticals prompted the new costing methodology. This created an extraordinary rise of the pharmaceuticals which attracted the authorities.

Many pharmaceutical industries have recently agreed to work with regulators to cut the prices on certain drugs by approximately sixty-seven percent. This is an initiative of the government to make pharmaceutical products more affordable. Some of the drugs that have been impacted include Viread, Iressa, and Conmana. More cuts to other drugs are expected.

Some people perceive the introduction of IRP to be a new way of creating new prices and initiate new and different launches. This has prompted several debates across countries. The claims made are that no country should price their pharmaceuticals higher than the approved prices. Also, countries should be referencing their neighboring countries.

Discussions regarding the application of IRP are still ongoing. Thus, the exact prices for most other drugs are yet to be decided. Meanwhile, the policy continues, and countries are urged to continue applying the IRP policy. They should also reference against other neighboring countries to create harmony in the prices.

This pricing policy was initiated to benefit all people. This is because the prices for pharmaceutical products are becoming more and more affordable. Thus, more people are accessing drugs, thus improving the healthcare industry. This has created a positive impact on the countries that are using the IRP pricing policy.




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