With a powerful appearance of a rounded head…Former medical director of a famous national hospital “3.2 million yen in bribes from a medical manufacturer” – astonishing true picture

A former medical director of a well-known national hospital has been arrested again.

On October 12, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigation Division 2 re-arrested Yusuke Hashimoto,47, former chief of hepatobiliary medicine at the National Cancer Center Hospital East (Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture; hereinafter referred to as “East Hospital”), a national research and development corporation, on suspicion of taking bribes . In June 2008, he allegedly received approximately 1.5 million yen in exchange for preferential use at the hospital of a stent (a cylindrical device used to widen blood vessels) sold by ZEON Medical, a medical device manufacturer (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; hereinafter “ZEON”).

Hashimoto was also arrested the following May ’21 for accepting a bribe of about 1.7 million yen from ZEON. It is believed that Hashimoto had 3.2 million yen in his pocket due to the approximately 290 stents that were used as a convenience.

FRIDAY Digital” reported in detail on Hashimoto’s bribery case in an article distributed on September 28 this year. We would like to reproduce the article and look back on the relationship between the former medical director and the medical equipment manufacturer, which seems to be a close relationship (some contents have been changed).

Rapid increase in market share from zero to over 50%.

Large gratuities for investigations that had no basis in reality.

Bribes to doctors were a common practice at the medical device manufacturer whose former president was arrested.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigation Division 2 reported in September On Sept. 21, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigation Division 2 On September 21, the Metropolitan Police Department’s Investigation Division 2 arrested Hashimoto on suspicion of bribery. At the same time, former president of ZEON Corporation was also The case began with the arrest of a former president of ZEON Corporation, who was arrested on suspicion of bribery.

The incident began in The incident began in April The incident began with the appointment of Hashimoto as a medical director in April 2007. It is said that ZEON personnel offered Hashimoto a rebate of 10,000 yen for each stent used in a treatment. Hashimoto received several million yen over a period of about two years for cooperating in post-marketing surveillance (PMS) of the stent.

The police are investigating at least ’20 remuneration for at least the fiscal year ’20. 1.7 million yen for at least the fiscal year of 2008. The police found that at least about 1.7 million yen in compensation for FY ’20 was a bribe, as there was no actual PMS. Other. 1,000,000 yen The company believes that there were other gratuities of more than 1,000,000 yen. The person who came up with these methods was a ZEON sales representative and others, but the person who was president at the time also approved them in order to improve sales performance. It is known that within ZEON, remuneration for investigations that had no basis in reality became a formality and was called ‘deemed PMS'” (another reporter from the Social Affairs Department).

ZEON had no record of stent performance at Higashi Hospital, but after the suspect Hashimoto began using the product, the hospital’s market share increased to However, since the suspect Hashimoto started using ZEON’s products, ZEON’s share in the hospital has increased to over 50 However, since the suspect Hashimoto started using ZEON’s products, ZEON’s share in the hospital has increased to over 50%. The suspect Hashimoto ’21 When Hashimoto retired as medical director in July 2009, the market share plummeted to 10-20%.

When Hashimoto stepped down as medical director in July ’21, the share dropped sharply to between 10% and 20%, In September 2009, the suspect moved his base of operations to the United States. In September 2009, Hashimoto moved to the United States and became an associate professor at the University of Florida in Jacksonville. Employees of national research and development corporations such as Azuma Hospital are considered “deemed public officials” under the law, and if they accept bribes, they are charged with bribery. Hashimoto temporarily returned to Japan in August of this year to be interviewed by the police. His admission or denial of the charges has not been made public.

Sankei Shimbun” (September) According to reports in the Sankei Shimbun (September 24) According to reports in the “Sankei Shimbun” (dated September 24) and other media, ZEON is suspected of conducting business at other hospitals using the same methods as those used by Hashimoto.

According to the report, “Due to the aging of the population, the market for medical equipment is on an upward trend. In line with this trend, manufacturers are entering the market one after another and competition is intensifying. Companies are competing with each other to obtain orders from medical institutions.

As in this case, many cases of collusion between doctors and hospitals and manufacturers have been uncovered. Health insurance premiums and taxpayers’ money are used to pay for medical equipment and drugs, and the current state of the medical industry is one in which morals are being questioned.

The suspect, Hashimoto, is sent to the police station with a powerful appearance of a rounded head.

After the incident was discovered, the “National Cancer Center” issued a comment saying, “We will fully cooperate with the investigation and work to prevent a recurrence. ZEON’s parent company, ZEON Corporation, stated that it would “work to further strengthen its compliance system.