What’s behind Japan’s collaborative and sustainable medical innovation ecosystems paid japan
The country leads the global trend of aging societies: more than 1 in 5 Japanese citizens are 65 years or older. By 2060, the ratio is expected to hit 2 in 5. Still, rather than accepting it as a burden, Japan decided to turn the problem on its head: Use its demographics as a test-bed to pioneer fresh social and industry solutions, and lead global discussions on future medical care.
The effort drew together all sides: industry, government, academia and the medical community. This union resulted in the creation of what is known today as the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster . Today it ranks as Japan’s top hub for R&D in biomedicine. The power of KBIC, and the nearby laboratory of the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research , have transformed the city into an engine for innovation in healthcare.
Each year, the 500 Kobe Accelerator project accepts around 20 companies for an intensive, 6-week course that teaches key skills, including the art of communication, price-setting, fund-raising, and what is needed to attract partners and backers at home and abroad. The team at T-ICU took part in the Kobe Accelerator course in 2018. “It was very intensive,” said Dai Ogura, COO of the company. “Every single day, we were asked to describe our business in just one sentence.”
Osaka University traces its root back to a private academy founded in 1838 by Ogata Koan, a samurai and a scholar of Western medicine in the late Edo period. Many of its alumni went on to play an important role in modernizing Japan. This willingness to embrace progress and a boisterous, free spirit is what defines Osaka and makes its initiatives unique, said Osaka University Professor Yoshiki Sawa, a top specialist in iPS cell treatment for heart disease.
The result was the launch in 2015 of a 10-month Japan Biodesign course. Its concept is to mold talent that can grasp patient and healthcare worker needs and marry them with the medical devices and services being developed by industry and academia. Taking on research projects with an eye for commercial potential from an early stage is key, said Prof. Sawa.
Remohab developed a home system, using IoT, which helps patients continue rehabilitation under remote real-time monitoring by healthcare professionals. Should Remohab succeed, it will be the first company of its kind globally, CEO Dr. Tatsunori Taniguchi said. “It makes me so happy to hear that elderly patients who took our course have managed to return to a more active lifestyle and got a smile back on their face,” Dr. Taniguchi said.
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