Japanese

 

Since 1977, Drug Information Center (DIC) have assessed drugs on research. Assessment of drugs is demanded to efficacy, safety, and other factors. We make an objective appraisal of the factors, and provide the information to doctor, pharmacist and other medical professions.

 

 

Executive

 

President

Tadao ASO

Vice president of DIC

Yoshikazu ISHINO

 

Staff

Director

Hisashi IIJIMA, Ph.D.

Researcher

Tomoka OSUMI, M.Sc.

Researcher (Commissioner)

Takao AOYAMA, Ph.D.

Katsumi FUKINO, Ph.D.

Yukihito IPPONGI

Masumi KODA

Hiroyasu KOMURO

Hiroyuki NAGASAWA

Chief clerk

Akiko YAMANO

 

1. Provision of Information

(1) Drug information, Medical insurance, and associated information

(2) Control over the Internet

# Website maintenance

# Information service by e-mail

(3) Information service by FAX

(4) Information service to patient

(5) Information service to pharmacist

 

2. Research     Achievement

(1) Assessment of drugs

(2) Assessment of literatures

(3) Development of medical information system

(4) Clinical pharmacology

 

3. Ethical Review Board

 Research of medical pharmacy is demanded to scientific, ethical, and moral responsibility. Particularly on ethical responsibility, human rights must be guaranteed. And the research must abide by the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act, the Pharmacists Act, the Medical Care Act, and other acts. And so Ethical Review Board judge research of medical pharmacy.

 

4. Safeguard against the novel influenza

In recent years, the novel influenza makes a likely pandemic scenario. So DIC create a manual for coping with the novel influenza. In the future, this manual will be changed to state that reflect characteristics of the region.

 

5. Risk Management

 We take measures against medical accident on research. And in case of medical accident, we support pharmacist with the lawyer.

 

6. Edit of the Journal of Chiba Pharmaceutical Association

Chiba Pharmaceutical Association began to publish the Journal of Chiba Pharmaceutical Association in 1956. The journal includes academic documents, public affairs, and so forth. Editorial office edits the journal, and issue at 11 times a year.

 

7. Regional Medical Liaison Office

 

 

Drug Information Center, Chiba Pharmaceutical Association

9-2 Tonyacho, Chuo-ku, Chiba-shi, Chiba 260-0025, Japan