Drug Evaluation Committee RMP/ RMP material utilization case studies - mainly for dispensing pharmacies - (January 2025)
Pharmacovigilance Subcommittee
July 2025
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Committee on Drug Evaluation
Dear members of Pharmacovigilance Subcommittee
We are pleased to inform you that the White Book "Examples of Utilization of RMP/RMP Materials - Mainly for Dispensing Pharmacies" has been published on the website of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan (PV Navi) as follows
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Committee on Drug Evaluation
Pharmacovigilance Subcommittee, Continuing Issues Response Team 1 (KT1)
Deliverables
Examples of Utilization of RMP/RMP Materials - Mainly for Dispensing Pharmacies
PV Navi
Category: 1. RMP (Risk Management Plan for Medicines)
Background
With the 2024 revision of the reimbursement system, pharmacists are now able to calculate an additional fee for specific drug management guidance when they provide explanations regarding safety to patients using materials prepared and distributed as additional risk minimization activities for RMPs (RMP materials), and RMPs and RMP materials are now widely recognized by dispensing pharmacists. RMPs and RMP materials became widely recognized by dispensing pharmacy pharmacists.
According to the results of a survey of dispensing pharmacy pharmacists conducted by Nexway in May 2025, 78% of all facilities (including those planning to use RMPs) are utilizing RMPs, indicating that interest in RMPs is growing.
On the other hand, when asked why they do not utilize RMPs, a relatively large number of respondents answered that they "do not know how to utilize RMPs specifically" or "have not had the opportunity to utilize RMPs.
Therefore, KT1 (Continuing Issues Team 1) of the Pharmacovigilance Subcommittee of the Drug Evaluation Committee of the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) decided to collect and summarize examples of RMPs and RMP materials utilization based on information presented at papers and conferences and interviews with dispensing pharmacy pharmacists who voluntarily cooperated in the survey.
We hope that this document will be of some help to dispensing pharmacies in utilizing RMP/RMP materials for the proper use of drugs and patient safety measures.
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