Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd. Financial Results - For the First Half of FYE March 2018 -  


Pharma: Steady Sales Growth Focusing Mainstay Brand-name Drugs and Generic Drugs in Japan (2)

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Generics

Full-year sales of JPY 47.9 billion, up 13% year on year

Market

 • Tailwind: Achieve 80% usage rate for generic drugs by September 2020.
Volume is growing rapidly.

 • Headwind: Major drug price reductions

New strategy for generic drug - preparing for upcoming drug price reduction

 • Specialty generic drugs and essential generic drugs

 • Use Medreich for low-cost production to expand essential generic drug business - lifestyle related diseases, gastrointestinal disease, and drugs need stable supply

Essential generic drugs

 • Significant sales growth for injectable antibacterial drugs
Sulbacillin, Tazopipe drove sales.

 • Built trust-based relationships with doctors in the infectious diseases domain

 • Market providing tailwind

 • Manufacturing Tazopipe in PT. Meiji Indonesia
Contributing to overall company revenues