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Yabu City, Hyogo Prefecture (Kansai region of Honshu island) and Shionogi & Co Ltd announced that they had concluded a collaborative agreement to improve local health care.

Under the agreement, the National Strategic Special Zone Yabu City will collaborate to realize proposals for regulatory reform in the medical field, hold seminars to raise awareness of the prevention of infectious diseases, and take other measures to plan and maintain the health of local residents.

Since May 2014, the National Strategy Special Area has been designated as a National Strategy and has been working on a wide range of regulatory reforms. The city has been working on “special precedents of instruction by video conference” in the medical field.

Since the remote environment, which is the main feature of video conference calls, is effective in preventing the spread of infection, the method of using the influenza diagnostic kit becomes relatively convenient, and the decision accuracy is sufficiently high, it is said that it proposes “home-completed influenza online medical care” to the country and aims to realize it.

On the other hand, Shionogi is working to research and develop infectious disease drugs necessary to protect people’s health and promote the proper use of infectious disease drugs. It is also actively engaged in educational activities for the general public and medical professionals in order to promote the proper use of infectious disease drugs.

Under the agreement, both groups have strengths in solving the challenges posed by areas with limited medical resources, such as the mid-mountain region and remote islands and remote areas, and have a policy to promote efforts to improve local medical care, such as realizing special district proposals and enhancing health and sanitation measures.

Original Text: https://ampmedia.jp/2020/03/10/shionogi/