(April 8, 2015 Tokyo) Today Japan’s Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) announced its pricing and reimbursement decision for medical devices named Trabecular Metal Augments and Monoblocks, manufactured by Zimmer Inc., Japan. Same price was determined for following devices: Tibial and Femoral Cone Augments, Tibial and Femoral  Monoblocks.

Decision classification: C1 (new feature)

Primary use: to reinforce bones suffering from defects or degeneration of bone tissue through knee joint reconstruction surgery in cases of severe bone degeneration, trauma, bone abnormality, or the like.

Insurance reimbursement price (decided by Chuikyo): 216,000 JPY

Price calculation method: cost-based price setting

Ratio to foreign prices average: 0.62

Notes

Manufacturer’s asking price: 245,000 JPY

Manufacturer’s desired price calculation method: cost-based price setting

Ratio to foreign prices average: 0.70

Foreign prices taken into consideration by Chuikyo:

USA 543,479 JPY;

UK 282,184 JPY;

Germany 227,930 JPY;

France 218,454 JPY;

Australia 472,961 JPY

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