Safety Initiatives

Rohto Pharmaceutical complies with regulations such as the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Act and the GVP Ordinance *, and thoroughly reviews all information received from customers and patients, as well as information from academic societies and overseas sources, daily checking and evaluating whether there are any issues with the safety of our products and whether they are being used correctly. If we believe that a safety or usage alert is necessary, we will revise the "Precautions for Use" and other information and communicate that information. Recently, we have revised our response flow to include the opinions of medical specialists, so that we can more accurately detect and address safety issues at an early stage. These efforts have enabled us to further ensure the safety of our customers and patients. We will continue to strengthen our safety initiatives.

*GVP (Good Vigilance Practice) Ministerial Ordinance: A law that allows companies to properly implement safety measures

For safe use of the product

Collection and accumulation of safety information

We collect all information about adverse health effects received from customers, patients, medical professionals, and others, conduct detailed investigations as necessary, and store the information in a safety database.
We also regularly check medical literature and information on measures taken by overseas regulatory authorities.

Data evaluation and analysis

The collected information on health damage, etc. is evaluated for severity, novelty, causality, etc. for each case, and the information accumulated in the database is regularly analyzed to check for any changes in occurrence trends or severity.

Consideration of safety measures

If, as a result of the evaluation and analysis, we determine that there is a possibility of an increase in health hazards, such as abnormal findings such as a significant increase in the number of reports, we will consider necessary measures to minimize the harm to customers and patients.

Decision on response measures

We consider the seriousness and urgency of the problem and, in consultation with regulatory authorities, determine the best safety measures to prevent harm to customers and patients. We also regularly report to the government as required by law and strive to share information with regulatory authorities.

Information provision/information disclosure

In order to properly implement safety measures that have been decided upon to prevent the spread of health hazards, we will prepare notices and other materials as necessary to customers, patients, and medical professionals, and provide information by distributing them directly and posting them on the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency and our website.

Towards proper use

Our goal is to ensure that Rohto products are used safely and effectively by collecting, evaluating, and providing information on health hazards.

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