[Seminar] Key Points of the Amendment to the "Next Generation Medical Infrastructure Act" and Remaining Challenges

Cabinet Office

Our company will hold a seminar titled "Cabinet Office: Key Points and Remaining Issues of the 'Next Generation Medical Infrastructure Act' Amendment." The Next Generation Medical Infrastructure Act is a special law under the Personal Information Protection Act aimed at promoting the utilization of medical data while protecting personal information. However, there have been criticisms regarding the pre-amendment system, as the "anonymized medical information" that can be utilized is difficult to use for research due to the removal of rare disease names, and its application for drug approval has also been challenging. The amendment bill was enacted in the regular session of the National Diet in 2023 and has been in effect since April of this year. The main contents of the amendment include establishing a system for utilizing "pseudonymized medical information" and enabling the linkage between the data of this law and data from sources like the NDB. In the lecture, in addition to explaining the amended law, we will provide detailed information on the government's efforts to promote the secondary use of medical data, as far as possible. [Seminar Details] ■ Date and Time: July 12 (Friday) 10:00 - 11:30 (Doors open at 9:30) ■ Venue: JPI Conference Square ■ Speaker: Cabinet Office Deputy Director of the Health and Medical Strategy Promotion Office (also) Cabinet Secretariat Councilor Mr. Keiji Takebayashi *For more details, please refer to the PDF document or feel free to contact us.

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