Bribery suspected in joint research agreement Citizen hospital doctors arrested Osaka Kishiwada December 5th 11:41
A doctor at a municipal hospital in Kishiwada City, Osaka, was arrested on suspicion of bribery for receiving 200,000 yen cash in return for the convenience of a contract with a medical research institute over the conclusion of a joint research on hay fever On the 5th, we searched the hospital and examined in detail the process up to the conclusion of the contract.
Mr. Motokazu Kato (62), a physician at the Kishiwada Municipal Hospital and the director of the Respiratory Center, was arrested.
According to the police, in April, a medical research institute in Toshima-ku, Tokyo, over the study of specialized hay fever, received 200,000 yen in cash in return for the convenience of concluding a joint research contract. There is a suspicion of bribery.
The representative director Jun Kojima (63) of the Institute was also arrested on suspicion of bribery.
According to hospitals, joint research and clinical research are determined to be signed after the hospital ethics committee reviews the contents.
On the other hand, according to investigators, this joint research on hay fever was contracted about a month before the approval procedure of this ethics committee.
According to hospitals, Dr. Kato had the authority to adopt research themes in respiratory medicine.
On the 5th, the police searched the hospital and examined in detail how the contract was signed before the official procedure.