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Care Link
Specialty Pharma × Last Mile
Delivering directly to patients
Last-mile delivery of specialty pharmaceuticals from pharmacies to patient homes. End-to-end cold chain management, adherence monitoring, and PSP integration.
Global Bridge
Import × Export
A two-way bridge between Japan and the world
Japan market entry for overseas pharma and raw materials. Global expansion for Japanese OTC and supplements. Regulatory to logistics, end-to-end.
garden
Supplement Development
From idea to product
Supplement and health food planning to manufacturing. OEM/ODM, raw material sourcing, and branding support.
Latest Insights
Healthcare insights shared by CEO Masaya Yamamoto on NewsPicks
熱中症対策の本質 ― 気温より社会制度の穴を埋めよ
The Japan Meteorological Association forecasts that broad regions—including Kanto, Tokai, Kinki, Kyushu, and Okinawa—will face 'strict alert' or even 'danger' level heat through the first half of September, and the pattern of prolonged late-summer heat is not unique to this year. Yet the core issue, in my view, lies less in temperature itself than in gaps within our social systems. As European heat waves have repeatedly demonstrated, the isolation of elderly people and the absence of welfare-check infrastructure dramatically elevate mortality risk. In Japan, a growing number of elderly people living alone have air conditioners but cannot use them effectively due to anxiety over electricity bills or difficulty operating the units—meaning installation rates alone paint a misleading picture. As this article rightly points out, nighttime heatstroke is closely tied to housing conditions and air-conditioner use, so addressing the economic and cognitive barriers that prevent that use is precisely where government and local communities must focus. Even as weather forecasting grows more sophisticated, the monitoring networks needed to translate that information into behavioral change have not kept pace. We need to deliberately design solutions that distinguish between what technology can handle and what requires human networks.
筋トレ・ゲートボールと認知症リスク低下 ― 観察研究の解釈と政策への示唆
The prospective observational findings showing a significant reduction in dementia risk associated with resistance training and gateball are intriguing, yet residual confounding—such as frequency of social participation and baseline physical and cognitive function at the time individuals took up each activity—cannot be ruled out. Those who manage to make these activities a habit may already have higher physical function and health awareness, making it difficult to fully dismiss selection bias; reading the results as straightforward evidence that 'these specific sports work' should be avoided. That said, what concerns me is how public health authorities, who currently find it difficult to drill down to the level of specific activity types in their exercise recommendations, should interpret this kind of sport-specific risk data. The differences in risk by activity type revealed in this study could serve as one input for refining future guidelines, but a single observational study is not yet sufficient to drive policy design. I would like to see reproducibility confirmed across multiple prospective and intervention studies before these findings are reflected in the way specific activities are prescribed.
在宅テック介護の成長 ― 恩恵格差と地域連携が普及の分岐点
The 10-million-yen move-in fee now common at Tokyo nursing homes signals that senior housing has entered the realm of asset-allocation decisions—but the explosive growth of home-based tech care reflects something deeper: a cultural shift in where people want to age, not merely a difference in price point. What deserves close attention is the uneven distribution of that technology's benefits. Sensing devices, remote monitoring, and AI-driven condition alerts are genuinely advancing, yet they remain theoretical without the right family support, living environment, and communications infrastructure in place—raising serious questions about how far these tools can reach rural seniors living alone. From a care-continuity standpoint, for home tech care to function as a genuine 'place to live and die,' it must be architecturally integrated with visiting physicians and home-visit nursing teams. The real inflection point for adoption will not be product sophistication, but whether the solution can be embedded into local care teams on the ground.