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Healthcare & Pharma tenders in Japan

19 open notices

Medical equipment, pharmaceuticals, consumables, diagnostics and hospital-services contracts from health departments and institutions.

Who buys healthcare & pharma in Japan

These are the organisations with the most healthcare & pharma notices open in Japan right now. Buyers in this sector tend to repeat — following the few that award the work you do is usually more productive than watching the market as a whole.

Healthcare & Pharma market snapshot

Since 25 Aug 2026, FreeTender has recorded 28 healthcare & pharma notices in Japan, 18 of them open today. The median bid window is 46 days, so plan to have documents ready before a notice appears.

Notices on record
28
Open now
18
Median bid window
46 days
Median stated value
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AugSeptOct

Most active healthcare & pharma buyers

  • National University Corporation10 notices
  • Japan Health Insurance Association2 notices
  • Ministry of Defense2 notices
  • The Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan2 notices
  • Ministry of Finance1 notices
  • DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE · PACIFIC AIR FORCES · FA5270 18 CONS PK1 notices
  • Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance1 notices
  • Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation1 notices
  • Cabinet Office1 notices
  • DEPT OF DEFENSE · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY (DHA) · DEFENSE HEALTH AGENCY1 notices

By sub-sector

  • Medicines & Drugs2 notices

Where the work is

  • JP-471 notices

Procedures used

  • Open tender23 notices
  • Grant / funding call4 notices
  • Request for proposal1 notices

Computed by FreeTender from the notices we hold, refreshed nightly. Monthly market reports.

How they buy

Across the healthcare & pharma notices we currently hold for Japan, the most common form is the open tender or invitation to bid. Each has its own rules — see RFP, RFQ and EOI compared and tendering procedures explained.

What qualifies you

Healthcare and pharma procurement covers medicines, medical devices, diagnostics, hospital consumables and facility services. These tenders frequently require regulatory approvals, quality certifications (such as GMP or ISO), sample submission and cold-chain or delivery commitments. Confirm the specifications, batch and shelf-life requirements, and any mandatory registration before bidding.

Before committing effort, it is worth running a deliberate bid/no-bid decision and checking your submission against the responsiveness checklist.

Open healthcare & pharma tenders in Japan

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