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Japan's Omi Medical Center, Seikoukai, Becomes the First Healthcare Organization in Western Japan to Sign a Partnership Agreement with TriNetX to Increase Participation in Multi-National Clinical Trials

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Omi Medical Center, part of the Seikoukai Social Medical Corporation and one of

Japan's leading institutions in the use of advanced medical technologies,

announced it is partnering with TriNetX to increase its exposure and

participation in multi-national industry-sponsored clinical trials.

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"The use of Japanese pharmaceuticals has dropped from 20% to less than 10% of

the global market over the past 30 years," said Atsuyuki Wada, Special

Assistant to the President and Director, Clinical Research Center, Omi Medical

Center. "Japan also ranks around 30th in the number of global clinical trials,

and as a result clinicians in the country have fewer opportunities to learn

about innovative treatments, medicines, and the benefits they can bring to

patients. One of our goals of joining the TriNetX Network is to reverse this

trend and help Japanese patients suffering from a wide variety of challenging

diseases."

Omi Medical Center, located in Kusatsu City, Shiga Prefecture, is one of the

institutions in western Japan that offers state-of-the-art medical and surgical

care in the fields of cardiovascular, obstetrics and gynecology,

gastroenterology, and head and neck. The center provides a wide range of

services including emergency medicine, community healthcare, oncology-related

community support, and disaster medicine to the people of the surrounding area,

which is experiencing population growth.

"The partnership agreement between Omi Medical Center and TriNetX will be a

meaningful opportunity to improve Japan's healthcare system as a whole,"

continued Wada. "TriNetX will provide Omi Medical Center with the opportunity

to join a global community of pharmaceutical companies and healthcare

organizations. This will allow us to strengthen our collaborations with other

peer institutions, gain opportunities to participate in clinical trials, and

ensure the safe and legal secondary use of real-world data for the benefit of

our patients."

"Omi Medical Center is a fantastic addition to the TriNetX Network—the first

healthcare organization in Western Japan, and now a part of our rapidly

expanding community of TriNetX members in the country and across the APAC

region," said Shogo Wakabayashi, Country Manager, Japan at TriNetX.

About TriNetX, LLC

TriNetX is a global network of healthcare organizations and life sciences

companies driving real-world research to accelerate the development of new

therapies. Through its self-service, HIPAA, GDPR, and LGPD-compliant platform

of federated EHR, datasets, and consulting partnerships, TriNetX puts the power

of real-world data into the hands of its worldwide community to improve

protocol design, streamline trial operations, refine safety signals, and enrich

real-world evidence generation. For more information, visit TriNetX at

www.trinetx.com or follow @TriNetX on Twitter.

About Social Medical Corporation Seikoukai

Seikoukai is located in Kusatsu, Shiga Prefecture, where the population is

growing every year, a rarity in Japan. Seikoukai provides medical and nursing

care services that support the community with sincerity, centering on two

hospitals: Omi Medical Center (Hospital Director: Daisuke Furuya; 420 beds),

which provides highly acute care, and Omi Fureai Hospital (Hospital Director:

Masamitsu Hirano; 199 beds), which provides home care support functions. Omi

Medical Center is committed to providing medical care for diseases such as

cardiac, gastrointestinal, and orthopedic diseases, as well as laparoscopic

surgery for gynecological cancer, by physicians and staff with a high level of

expertise in their respective fields. The center also employs a center-based

approach to realize team medicine, where surgery and internal medicine work

together to break down the barriers between departments and provide seamless

medical care. For more information, visit Omi Medical Center at

https://www.seikoukai-sc.or.jp/omi-mc/

Media Contacts

TriNetX

Bill Stetson

(857) 285-6038

press@trinetx.com

japan@trinetx.com

Social Medical Corporation Seikoukai

Corporate PR Department

077-563-8866

t-hirohata@seikoukai-sc.or.jp

SOURCE: TriNet