Services

CONTRACTED SERVICES

• We will undertake consultation or work assistance specializing in "medical equipment", based on practical experience different from an armchair theory or information base available at seminars/websites.
• We will undertake optimal support on strategy development, creation of materials for an internal proposal, etc. taking into consideration activities abroad, according to the circumstances of the moment in positioning of each organization or in the phase of commercialization.
• We will also undertake support to be provided by optimal members, facilities, companies, etc. by taking advantage of our network built up to the present.

CONSULTATION STYLES

There are two styles available: "accompanying consultation" and "spot consultation".

Accompanying Consultation

Consultation Style

We will undertake accompanying consultation＊２with a fixed-period contract: ex. a half year, one year, etc.

＊２ While giving consideration together, we will offer optimal support or collaborative works in each phase may through observation visits to clinical sites, interviews with doctors, participation in attendance at preclinical/clinical studies, etc.

Contents

It will be possible to provide consultation, overviewing the whole picture of medical equipment commercialization.
It will be also possible to limit consultation to one phase of a commercialization steps.
We will proceed with consultation while discussing and coordinating with the client.

Fee

The Fee to be discussed. It would be depending upon the term, days or hours to spend per week or a condition client may propose.

Spot Consultation

Consultation Style

We will undertake consultation or a contracted service appropriately based on practical experience, in accordance with the state of a client or its needs. Consultation will be provided usually in several divided times, each lasting several hours to the whole day.

Contents

We will provide consultation in accordance with the state of a client or its needs.

For example: We will also undertake practices by a contracted service in accordance with the needs for:

• establishing strategy for medical equipment business.
• proposal of a specific method, measures and tactics for each phase of "Proposal of business strategy => Research and development => Compliance with laws and regulations => Establishment of quality system => Establishment of sales and services".

Market survey

① Market survey will be conducted on marketability, market size, competition/existing equipment or players, candidates for collaboration, etc. in an appropriate way such as:

• Websites/published materials/treatise database
• Visit to facilities and interviews with doctors
• External market survey and participation in an academic society

② We will provide advice on a most effective method of market survey, utilization of a survey company, etc. while listening to the purpose of market survey and its target

Internal education

Education on direction setting of the whole organization or the people to be engaged in medical equipment business for the first time pertaining to basic knowledge or common sense necessary for performing medical equipment business＊１

＊１：Basic knowledge necessary for performing medical equipment business

• Laws and regulations
• Quality system
• Sales system
• Medical facilities, doctors and medical staffs
• Medical knowledge
• In the case that overseas development will be brought into perspective (difference in the above common sense between Japan and foreign countries, etc.)

Education on marketing specializing in medical equipment business

• Characteristics of medical equipment business
• What is marketing?
• Why it is necessary for a marketer to overview the whole medical equipment business of "Proposal of business strategy => Research and development => Compliance with laws and regulations => Establishment of quality system => Establishment of sales and services".
• Gold Standard for medical equipment business etc.

We may accept consultation on any other matters.

Fee

The Fee to be discussed. It would be depending upon the term, days or hours to spend per week or a condition client may propose.