Topics About the Month for Promoting Understanding of the Code in FY2021
The JPMA has decided to continue its efforts in fiscal year 2021 by designating November as the Month for Promoting Understanding of the JPMA Code of Practice ("JPMA Code"), with the theme for fiscal year 2021 set as "Meeting Society's Expectations through Sincere Actions" and the subtitle "Thinking in the Current Age. Once again, member companies will work together to conduct internal inspections to ensure thorough compliance with the JPMA Code.
Meeting Society's Expectations through Sincere Actions - Thinking in the Current Era
The JPMA Code stipulates that "JPMA member companies have a mission to contribute to the improvement of the health and welfare of people in Japan and around the world through the development of innovative, highly useful, and safer pharmaceutical products. To this end, we must not only comply with laws and regulations, but also build a relationship of mutual trust with our stakeholders, including researchers, medical professionals, and patient groups, and meet the expectations of society through our sincere actions.
We must take seriously the serious problems related to the stable supply of pharmaceuticals stemming from the recent outbreak of inadequate manufacturing management, as well as the major environmental changes brought about by the global spread of the new coronavirus infection and the acceleration of digital transformation (DX), etc. As we enter a turning point of the times, we must rethink "What are society's expectations of pharmaceutical companies? In this time of transition, we need to rethink "what society expects from pharmaceutical companies" and act accordingly.
Each member company has decided to set specific items for proper corporate activities in each department and workplace and conduct thorough inspections in order to earn even greater trust from society.
In addition, we have created a "Month to Promote Understanding of the Code" awareness poster*1 that can be used to describe inspection items for FY2021, as well as a digital version of the poster (desktop wallpaper image)*2 that was well received in FY2020.
This year's poster, featuring a "flapping bird" motif, includes the names of all member companies as a sign of JPMA's united efforts to meet society's expectations.
( Akihisa Tsuruta, Code Compliance Committee)
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1Poster for "Month for Promoting Understanding of the Code" in 2021
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2Digital version of the "Month for Promoting Understanding of the Code" poster (desktop wallpaper image)
