BRIEF—NHI drug price listing and launch of Mochida’s Lialda in Japan
Japan’s Mochida Pharmaceutical has announced that Lialda (mesalazine 600mg) the will be launched on September 8, 2025, as the NHI (National Health Insurance) Drug Price was listed on August 14, 2025.
By MMX technology1) , Lialda is one of 5-aminosalicylic acid preparations designed to continuously release the active ingredient to and throughout the colon which is the target site.
This allows Lialda to be once-daily oral administration in both active and remission phases of ulcerative colitis. Mochida in-licensed Lialda from Shire Pharmaceuticals (now a Takeda company) in 20092) and has been marketing it in Japan as a treatment for ulcerative colitis since 2016.
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