Disclose the contents of the bill before publication to an acquaintance Dispose of MHLW employees September 3 15:30

At the time when a male employee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was seconded to the Cabinet Legislative Bureau, which conducted pre-examination of the bill three years ago, he warned him that he had leaked the contents of the bill over clinical research before publication to an officer of an acquaintance's pharmaceutical company. I found out that I was being disposed of.

It was a male employee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare who was seconded as a counselor to the Cabinet Law Bureau three years ago.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, this staff sent the contents of the "clinical research bill" before publication to an acquaintance's pharmaceutical company officer by e-mail in January 2016, when he was seconded to the Cabinet Legislative Bureau, which conducts pre-examination of the bill. It is that.

The bill obliges the pharmaceutical company to disclose the amount of money when a pharmaceutical company provides funding to a research institution in response to a case of falsification of the data on antihypertensive drugs by a major pharmaceutical company. did.

The staff acknowledged the facts of the investigation by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and replied that they were asked and sent by e-mail, but no money was exchanged.

In addition, this staff has also leaked the pre-publication provisions to another acquaintance of the revised draft of the Disability Support Act.

In December 2016, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare decided to dismiss the staff for violating confidentiality obligations, but did not announce it as "not meeting the release standards."

At the press conference, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Nemoto said, “There should be no outflow of information.

Secretary of the Secretary “Received the report strictly and fairly”

Secretary of Secretary Jun said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, “We have received reports that the disposal is being carried out rigorously and fairly, after reviewing the facts by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.”