Information on "Summer Holiday Free Research Site" for Elementary and Junior High School Students
July 20, 2020
Public Relations Committee, Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association
Committee Chairman Junichi Onuma
The Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association (JPMA) is pleased to announce that "Summer Vacation! (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; President: Yuji Hirose), a free research theme related to the pharmaceutical industry, has been posted on Gakken Kids Net's "Summer Vacation!
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan (PAPJ) conducts a variety of activities to promote understanding of the R&D-based pharmaceutical industry among a wide range of stakeholders. As a part of these activities, we have been providing information in collaboration with Gakken Kids Net since 2010, with the aim of familiarizing young people, such as elementary and junior high school students, with the pharmaceutical industry and drugs.
This year, in the midst of the Corona Disaster, the theme of the film will focus on infectious diseases and the mechanisms by which the human body fights diseases, and the information will be disseminated.
Contents (New)
- Let's investigate the mechanism of fighting diseases (natural healing power)
- What is an infectious disease?
- Great people who dealt with infectious diseases
- What is AMR (drug resistance)?
In addition, the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan (PMAJ) has launched the "Pharmaceuticals Research Institute" on its website to provide information on pharmaceuticals and the pharmaceutical industry to elementary and junior high school students. A banner link to the Gakken Kids Net site, "The Secret Secrets of Drugs" is also available for viewing.
The Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan (PMAJ) will continue to actively provide information on the industry and pharmaceuticals in order to further promote understanding of the pharmaceutical industry among the public.
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For your reference
1. "Gakken Kids Net
Gakken Kids' Net (https://kids.gakken.co.jp/) is a website by One Publishing Co. The site is not limited to elementary and junior high school students. The site continues to introduce a wealth of content aimed not only at elementary and junior high school students, but also at their parents, school teachers, and anyone else involved with children. The "Research on the Secrets of Drugs" is part of the "Summer Vacation: Free Project" (), which is being developed on this site! Freedom Project" (https://kids.gakken.co.jp/jiyuu/), which is available as a "Summer Vacation Ouen Special" (open from July 1 to August 31, 2020).
2. Seiyaku Kyokai "Kusuri Kenkyujo" (Pharmaceutical Research Institute)
The "Pharmaceutical Research Institute" (http://www.jpma.or.jp/junior/kusurilabo) is a fictional facility established on the website of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Japan. At the Pharmaceuticals Research Institute, visitors can learn the correct knowledge of drugs in five categories.
- History of pharmaceuticals, development of pharmaceuticals, biographies of great figures in the field of pharmaceuticals
- Development of drugs: Steps in the development of new drugs, how pills are made
- Types of drugs: Long-acting drugs, forms of drugs, drugs that dissolve in the intestines, etc.
- Proper use of drugs
- Role of drugs: Body and drugs, effects of drugs, side effects of drugs
The target age groups are upper elementary school students and junior high school students. Kanji characters learned in the fifth grade of elementary school and above are read with kana, and easy-to-understand words are used to introduce the information in an appropriate volume.
For inquiries, please contact
Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Public Relations Department
- Phone
- 03-3241-0374