Guidelines on transparency of relationships with medical institutions

Established on January 25, 2016

Teleflex Medical Japan, Inc. is a global provider of medical devices that improves the prognosis of patients, protects healthcare professionals and helps prevent infection. The purpose of our activities is to maintain high ethics and ensure transparency in relations with medical institutions by following the “Transparency guidelines for medical institutions in the medical device industry ”formulated by the Japan Medical Device Industry Federation and “Medical Device Industry Fair Competition Regulations” established by the Medical Device Industry Fair Trade Council. We set out the "Guidelines on Transparency with Medical Institutions" and disclose payments information as follows.

  1. Disclosure method
    The payments in the previous fiscal year shall be disclosed after financial closing through our website.
  2. Timing of disclosure
    The payments for FY2014 (from January 2014 to December 2014) will be released from FY2015. After that, we will disclose the payments for the previous year for one year after the closing of our account.
  3. Targets of disclosure
    1. Research and development expenses
      Research and development expenses include expenses of various tests, reports, and surveys (clinical trials, clinical trials, post-marketing clinical trials, defect / infectious disease case reports, post-marketing surveillance, and others) conducted under public regulations, and surveys conducted by companies independently.
      Joint research expenses Annual total amount
      Research commissioning expenses Annual total amount
      Clinical study expenses Annual total amount
      Post-marketing clinical study expenses Annual total amount
      Adverse drug reaction/infection case reporting expenses Annual total amount
      Post-marketing surveillance expenses Annual total amount
    2. Academic research support expenses
      Academic research support expenses include scholarship donations, general donations for the purpose of promoting science and medical research, and research grants.
    3. Scholarship donation XX Department of XX University: Number of donations,XX yen
      General donation XX Department of XX University: Number of donations,XX yen
      Donation to academic society, etc. Annual total amount
      Post-marketing clinical study expenses XXth XX Academic Society Meeting (XX Regional Meeting, XX Study Group Meeting): XX yen
      Expenses of co-sponsored conference, etc. XXth XX Academic Society Meeting, XX Seminar: XX yen
    4. Manuscript/writing fees
      Manuscript/writing fees include fees for lectures, manuscript writing, consulting, and other outsourcing to provide information on the proper use of in-house medical equipment.
    5. Lecture fees Professor (Director) XX, XX Department of XX University (XX Hospital): Number of services, XX yen
      Manuscript writing fee/supervising fees Professor (Director) XX, XX Department of XX University (XX Hospital): Number of services, XX yen
      Consulting/commissioning fees Professor (Director) XX, XX Department of XX University (XX Hospital): Number of services, XX yen
    6. Information provision-related expenses
      Information provision-related expenses include the cost of lectures, simulated practical training, briefing sessions, etc. necessary for the proper use of medical equipment and the safe use of medical equipment for medical personnel.
    7. Lecture fees Annual number of meetings and total amount
      Manuscript writing fee/supervising fees Annual number of meetings and total amount
      Consulting/commissioning fees Annual total amount
    8. Other expenses
      Other expenses include the expenses for hospitality as social courtesy
    9. Expenses for hospitality, etc. Annual total amount