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Drug Information Lab
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The lab studies how to convey drug information, working together with medical institutions and pharmacies.
AboutAbout the lab
Getting drug information to the people who use it
The Drug Information Lab works with medical institutions and pharmacies to conduct surveys and research on the attitudes of consumers and healthcare professionals, how over-the-counter drugs are actually taken, and topics such as Kampo (traditional Japanese herbal) medicines.
The lab also works on the practice and development of Specific Health Guidance based on regional food cultures.
It also studies medical information abroad and how that information is provided, not only in Japan.
Key terms
- Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
- Drugs that can be bought at pharmacies and similar places without a prescription. Also called OTC medicines
- Switch OTC drugs
- Drugs that originally required a doctor's prescription but have been changed so they can be bought at pharmacies and similar places
- Specific Health Guidance
- A program that supports lifestyle improvement for people whose health checkup results indicate a high risk of lifestyle-related diseases
ResearchResearch themes
In collaboration with medical institutions and pharmacies, the lab investigates how to deliver drug information to consumers and healthcare professionals. Its research covers attitude surveys and surveys of actual use for over-the-counter drugs, comparisons with other countries, and health guidance adapted to regional food cultures.
*Illustrative imageCreating information materials for healthcare professionals
The lab aims to produce informational documents for healthcare professionals about over-the-counter drugs. The research is carried out in collaboration with a variety of medical institutions and pharmacies.
*Illustrative imageAttitudes toward and actual use of over-the-counter drugs
In collaboration with healthcare facilities, the lab investigates how consumers and healthcare professionals view over-the-counter drugs, how they view the package inserts and outer-box labeling, and how drugs switched to OTC status are actually taken.
*Illustrative imageComparing consumer attitudes in Japan and abroad
The lab compares consumer attitudes and needs in Japan and other countries, and clarifies effective ways of providing medical information that take cultural background into account.
*Illustrative imageHealth guidance based on regional food cultures
Based on the causes of regional disease patterns and the characteristics of local dietary habits, the lab studies methods of Specific Health Guidance suited to each region.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Drug Information Lab are faculty members, administrative assistants, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- Project ProfessorNobunori Satoh
- Project Associate ProfessorHiroyuki Kuwahara
- Project Assistant ProfessorDaisuke Ishida
- Project Assistant ProfessorShinichi Hirose
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “People. Mrs. Frigon BAnQ P48S1P09431” Conrad Poirier / Public domain (cropped)
- Creating information materials for healthcare professionals: “Pharmacy in Tokyo” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
- Attitudes toward and actual use of over-the-counter drugs: “Nurofen tablets on pharmacy shelf” Maksym Kozlenko / Public domain (cropped)
- Comparing consumer attitudes in Japan and abroad: “German terrestrial globe, circa 1725” Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Health guidance based on regional food cultures: “Musashino udon 001” Ocdp / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Pharmacy Practice Lab): “Julie Zinihite at the pharmacy at the National Referal Hospital in Honiara, Solomon Islands 2012. Photo- AusAID ( )” Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Pharmaceutical Physical Chemistry Lab): “TMEM171 Structure Model” Bauma319 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Biopharmaceutics Lab): “Atenolol tablets (UK)” Whispyhistory / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Clinical Pharmacotherapeutics Lab): “New pharmacy for Guy's Hospital - geograph.org.uk - 4259421” Stephen Craven / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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