ONO's Drug Reliability
Assurance Activities
From a patient standpoint, ONO conducts drug reliability assurance activities with global perspective through drug life cycle to constantly check for drug quality assurance and reflect opinions from healthcare professionals and patients on further quality improvement. In addition, we analyze and assess, based on latest scientific evidence, drug quality and efficacy and safety (adverse reaction) information collected from, e.g., reports from patients and healthcare professionals, literature, and surveys, to constantly provide updates to the frontline of healthcare.
Quality Assurance Policy
We not only meet the legal requirements as a marketing authorization holder, but also set out our own quality manual to establish a drug quality system and work to continuously improve systems so as to provide high-quality drugs from the viewpoints of patients, caretakers and healthcare professionals. In addition, we contribute to society through stable supply of pharmaceuticals that are assured to a high-quality standard.
Initiatives for Proper Use of Pharmaceuticals
We develop a risk management plan and collect and manage safety (adverse reaction) information for each pharmaceutical.
We assess collected data and information, and if necessary revise the cautions on package inserts and make announcements about proper use.
As safety information drastically increases inside and outside Japan after market launch of antineoplastic drugs, we assess such information based on opinions from external medical experts to promote the proper use of the drugs, e.g., by disseminating it through promotional materials, conference presentations, and medical journals.
For safety management activities, too, we have created global standard procedure manual and databases and constructed a Group-wide system that extends to overseas operations.
Maintenance of Product Recall System
We have a system in place to recall any products with efficacy, quality or safety problems and to promptly provide medical professionals with information on them. We also have relevant departments jointly conduct periodical drills in preparation for product recall to check that they can be executed quickly even in unexpected circumstances.