Asahi Kasei Medical is united with the Asahi Kasei Group in fulfilling our responsibilities regarding the global environment and local communities through our business activities.We believe that corporate social responsibility (CSR) is achieved by raising corporate value for our various stakeholders through our business operations in accordance with our Group Mission of contributing to life and living for people around the world.
For more information about CSR at the Asahi Kasei Group, please refer to:
http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/asahi/en/csr/
For detailed information about the CSR activities of the Asahi Kasei Group, please visit the Sustainability website of Asahi Kasei Corp. and see the Asahi Kasei Report at the pages below.
Asahi Kasei Medical has set up an Safety & Environment Dept. to advance ESH as a key part of our CSR program. We are working to assure environmental protection and safety in our medical enterprises and making every effort to create harmonious relationships both within the company and with local communities.
Asahi Kasei Medical contributes to life and living for people around the world through the development and provision of medical devices.
To assess the quality, safety, and efficacy of medical devices, the use of animals is sometimes required, but use of animals in research must be predicated on consideration for animal welfare and sound scientific reasoning.
To ensure consideration for animal welfare and the application of sound scientific reasoning, Asahi Kasei Medical has created Basic Guidelines on Animal Care and Use, based on the regulations, standards, and guidelines listed below, and established a Committee on Animal Care and Use (CACU) to oversee implementation of the Basic Guidelines:
The CACU investigates whether animal studies have been planned and were conducted in conformance with the principles of the 3Rs:
Furthermore, in the event that we entrust animal studies to a third party, the CACU verifies prior to initiation of any third-party study that appropriate studies will be conducted based on consideration for animal welfare.
For all our employees involved with animal studies, we conduct continuing education and training one or more times a year related to animal studies and laboratory animals, and train employees in the proper implementation of animal studies.
We conduct regular internal audits of our research with laboratory animals to verify our compliance with government regulations and our Basic Guidelines on Animal Care and Use.
The head of Asahi Kasei Medical research approves animal study plans and reviews on-going animal studies, educational training, and internal compliance audits, taking corrective measures as required.
Asahi Kasei Medical obtained accreditation as an animal care and use facility from Japan Pharmaceutical Information Center.