Impact of Healthcare Insurance System Reforms and Policies to Contain Medical Costs
First written in FY2016. 29 of 30 entries say "Materialised", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: FY2026.
Ono Pharmaceutical moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2016, 4 years before the typical company in this theme (2020).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 20 of 65 companies on the "Worse" side.
17 other companies' latest entry also says "Materialised".
- FY2026MaterialisedAnnual report
「Sales of Forxiga tablets, a treatment for diabetes, chronic heart failure and chronic kidney disease, were ¥88.2 billion, down ¥1.4 billion, or 1.5%, from the previous consolidated fiscal year due to the entry of generics in December 2025.」
The entry of generics became evident as lower sales of Forxiga, extending the impact of healthcare-system and generic-related risks to another key product. - FY2025MaterialisedAnnual report
「Sales of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion were ¥120.3 billion, down ¥25.2 billion, or 17.3%, from the previous consolidated fiscal year due in part to the drug-price cut.」
The impact of the drug-price cut appeared in full-year results as a ¥25.2 billion, or 17.3%, year-on-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2025-H1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Sales of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion were ¥62.6 billion, down ¥12.4 billion, or 16.5%, year on year due to the impact of the drug-price cut.」
The impact of the drug-price cut became evident in the interim consolidated period as a ¥12.4 billion, or 16.5%, year-on-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2023MaterialisedAnnual report
「If selling prices decline due to the impact of healthcare system reforms, such as cuts to official drug prices and measures to promote generic use in Japan, as well as various healthcare cost-containment measures overseas, and the decline cannot be offset by higher sales volumes or other factors, the Group's performance and financial position may be affected if revenue declines.」
Healthcare cost-containment policies, including drug-price cuts and measures to promote generic use, continue to be identified as key risks and are also appearing in lower sales of long-listed products. - FY2023-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and other factors. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥2.3 billion, down 5.9% year on year, and Onon capsules were ¥1.2 billion, down 35.3%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions became evident in the first six months as sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Onon capsules. - FY2023-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and other factors. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥1.1 billion, down 6.5% year on year, and Onon capsules were ¥0.7 billion, down 36.3%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions and other healthcare cost-containment policies became evident in the first quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2023 as sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Onon capsules. - FY2022MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use and other factors. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥4.7 billion, down 13.4% from the previous consolidated fiscal year, and Rivastach patches were ¥2.9 billion, down 56.6%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales due to measures to promote generic use and other factors continued in full-year results for the fiscal year ended March 2022. - FY2022-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥3.7 billion, down 14.2% year on year, and Rivastach patches were ¥2.3 billion, down 61.0%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use continued to become evident as nine-month sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Rivastach patches. - FY2022-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥2.4 billion, down 16.8% year on year, and Rivastach patches were ¥1.6 billion, down 61.7%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use became evident as first-half sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Rivastach patches. - FY2022-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥1.2 billion, down 17.5% year on year, and Rivastach patches, a treatment for Alzheimer-type dementia, were ¥0.8 billion, down 60.7%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use became evident in the first quarter as year-on-year sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Rivastach patches. - FY2021MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Rivastach patches, a treatment for Alzheimer-type dementia, were ¥6.6 billion, down 22.5% from the previous consolidated fiscal year; Opalmon tablets were ¥5.5 billion, down 34.5%; and Ricalbon tablets were ¥2.9 billion, down 39.9%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use continued to become evident as full-year sales declines for 3 long-listed products. - FY2021-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥2.9 billion, down 35.4% year on year; Ricalbon tablets were ¥1.5 billion, down 41.3%; and Emend capsules, a treatment for nausea and vomiting associated with oncology drug administration, were ¥1.5 billion, down 67.8%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use also appeared in the first six months as substantial year-on-year sales declines for 3 long-listed products. - FY2021-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥1.5 billion, down 36.8% year on year; Ricalbon tablets were ¥0.8 billion, down 42.5%; and Emend capsules, a treatment for nausea and vomiting associated with oncology drug administration, were ¥0.8 billion, down 64.1%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use became evident this quarter as year-on-year sales declines for 3 long-listed products. - FY2020MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥8.3 billion, down 19.5% from the previous consolidated fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets were ¥4.7 billion, down 35.4%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales due to measures to promote generic use continued in full-year results. - FY2020-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥6.7 billion, down 19.0% from the first nine months of the previous fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets were ¥3.9 billion, down 36.7%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use appeared in the nine-month results as year-on-year sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Ricalbon tablets. - FY2020-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥4.5 billion, down 19.2% from the first six months of the previous fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets were ¥2.6 billion, down 41.1%.」
The impact of measures to promote generic use also became evident in the first six months as year-on-year sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Ricalbon tablets. - FY2020-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although use of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion expanded for renal cell carcinoma, sales were ¥22.3 billion, down ¥0.5 billion, or 2.0%, from the first quarter of the previous consolidated fiscal year, due to the impact of the drug-price review in November last year and intensifying competition from competing products.」
The impact of the drug-price review also became evident this quarter as a 2.0% year-on-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2019MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥10.4 billion, down 27.9% from the previous consolidated fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets were ¥7.3 billion, down 32.8%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use appeared in full-year results as substantial year-on-year sales declines for 2 long-listed products in the fiscal year ended March 2019. - FY2019-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥8.3 billion, down 28.7% from the first nine months of the previous fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets were ¥6.1 billion, down 28.3%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use continued to appear in the results as year-on-year sales declines for Opalmon tablets and Ricalbon tablets. - FY2019-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥5.5 billion, down 26.8% from the first six months of the previous fiscal year, and Ricalbon tablets, a treatment for osteoporosis, were ¥4.4 billion, down 19.0%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use also appeared in the first six months as year-on-year sales declines for 2 long-listed products. - FY2019-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥2.9 billion, down 23.1% from the first quarter of the previous fiscal year; Onon capsules were ¥1.1 billion, down 14.6%; and Onon dry syrup was ¥0.7 billion, down 14.3%.」
The impact of drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use became evident this quarter as year-on-year sales declines for 3 long-listed products. - FY2018MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although use of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion has expanded for renal cell carcinoma, head and neck cancer, gastric cancer, for which an additional indication was approved in September 2017, and other cancers, sales were ¥90.1 billion, down ¥13.8 billion, or 13.3%, from the previous consolidated fiscal year, due in part to the 50% drug-price cut implemented in February 2017.」
The impact of the 50% drug-price cut became evident as a full-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2018-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although use of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion has expanded for cancer types including renal cell carcinoma and head and neck cancer, for which additional indications were approved in the previous fiscal year, and gastric cancer, for which an additional indication was approved in September 2017, sales were ¥69.0 billion, down ¥13.6 billion, or 16.5%, year on year, due in part to the 50% drug-price cut implemented in February 2017.」
The impact of the 50% drug-price cut in February 2017 also appeared in the nine-month results as a 16.5% year-on-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2018-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although use of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion has expanded for cancer types including renal cell carcinoma and head and neck cancer, for which additional indications were approved last year, sales were ¥40.6 billion, down ¥12.7 billion, or 23.8%, from the first six months of the previous fiscal year, due in part to the 50% drug-price cut implemented in February 2017.」
The impact of the 50% drug-price cut in February 2017 continued to become evident in the quarter as a 23.8% year-on-year decline in Opdivo product sales. - FY2018-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Although use of the oncology drug Opdivo intravenous infusion has expanded for cancer types including renal cell carcinoma and head and neck cancer, for which additional indications were approved last year, sales were ¥19.8 billion, down ¥5.4 billion, or 21.4%, from the first quarter of the previous fiscal year, due in part to the 50% drug-price cut implemented in February 2017.」
The 50% drug-price cut in February 2017 became evident as a decline in Opdivo product sales, concretely reflecting the impact of healthcare cost-containment policies and the drug-pricing system. - FY2017MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by competing products and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥17.0 billion, down 25.0% from the previous consolidated fiscal year; Onon capsules were ¥6.8 billion, down 24.2%; and Onon dry syrup was ¥4.1 billion, down 26.7%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales due to drug prices, measures to promote generic use and other factors became evident in full-year results. - FY2017-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥13.4 billion, down 26.3% from the first nine months of the previous fiscal year; Onon capsules were ¥4.8 billion, down 26.2%; and Foypan tablets were ¥3.0 billion, down 27.5%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales due to drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use continued to become evident in year-on-year declines across multiple products in the nine-month period. - FY2017-Q2MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets were ¥8.8 billion, down 25.9% from the first six months of the previous fiscal year; Onon capsules were ¥3.0 billion, down 25.6%; and Foypan tablets were ¥2.0 billion, down 27.0%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales due to drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use continued to appear in the results as year-on-year declines across multiple products. - FY2017-Q1MaterialisedAnnual report
「Long-listed products were affected by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use. Sales of Opalmon tablets, a treatment for peripheral circulatory disorders, were ¥4.7 billion, down 24.8% from the first quarter of the previous fiscal year; Onon capsules, a treatment for bronchial asthma and allergic rhinitis, were ¥1.7 billion, down 23.3%; and Foypan tablets, a treatment for chronic pancreatitis and postoperative reflux esophagitis, were ¥1.1 billion, down 25.6%.」
The decline in long-listed product sales caused by drug-price revisions and measures to promote generic use became evident in the results for the quarter. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Although we expect the uncertain environment to continue, including as various health insurance system reforms are implemented, the performance and financial position of the Group may be materially affected by developments in these reforms.」
Developments in health insurance system reforms are identified as an external risk that could affect performance and financial position.