A Nationwide Survey on Medication Follow-up Care by Community Pharmacists: From The Japanese Nationwide Pharmacy Collaboration Survey in 2023.

In Japan, the Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act was amended in December 2019, and now requires pharmacists to follow-up on patients during treatment. Although there have been some studies on the effectiveness of follow-ups by pharmacists, there are no reports on the status of implementation in clinical practice. We conducted a nationwide survey on follow-up care to investigate the actual situation.

[Development and analyses of evaluation criteria for meta-analysis-relationship between renin-angiotensin system inhibitor and diabetes mellitus].

In recent years, evidence-based medicine is practiced in medical care, and meta-analysis is positioned as the highest quality research paper. However, there are no unified criteria to evaluate meta-analysis. Thus, we developed and evaluated objective criteria of meta-analysis paper.

Effects of atelocollagen gel containing bone marrow-derived stromal cells on repair of osteochondral defect in a dog.

To clarify the contribution of autologous transplantation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), an atelocollagen gel containing or not containing fluorescently-labeled canine MSCs was transplanted into an osteochondral defect which did not repair spontaneously and the histological repair of the defect was compared. Although an early repair of the cartilage was not observed in either defect, the reproduction of subchondral bone was remarkable in the MSCs-implanted defect. Moreover, in 2 weeks after operation, the implanted MSCs were located in the deeper regions of the defect, suggesting the differentiation of osteoblasts.

[Objective evaluation of generic-specific drug information].

Growth in the use of generic drugs remains flat in Japan, and one of the reasons cited is information availability. We previously showed that the amount of information available on generic drugs differs greatly from one pharmaceutical industry to another, though, on average, it is inferior to that for original, brand name drugs. This report looks at information on individual generic drug products, rather than the active ingredients contained therein.

[Evaluation of information for generic drugs based on importance and necessity].

Limited use of generics in Japan has been justified on the basis of problematic quality, distribution and information. Of these three problem areas, the state of provision of information in particular has never been objectively evaluated. We therefore sought to evaluate information according to its necessity and importance to medical practice.

Objective evaluation of generic drug information.

Pharmacists active in health care venues need to be able to evaluate generic drugs in terms of effectiveness, safety, and economy to ensure that they are used appropriately. As part of the ongoing study of these factors, we carried out an objective evaluation of information provided for generics. A minimum of 20 commercially available products was considered for each pharmaceutical ingredient.

[Calculation of drug information necessity factor of generic drugs].

The utilization of generic drugs has been promoted, but there is concern about the insufficiency of the information provided on generic drugs. To make an objective evaluation of the amount of information supplied by generic drug manufactures, we tried to quantify the information supply. The information described in the package insert and the interview form were used in the evaluation.