Mitsubishi Tanabe And Hitachi Establish Therapeutic Robot Center In Japan
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
Japanese medical device makers Hitachi and Shimadzu, mechatronics giant Yaskawa Denki and drug company Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma July 9 jointly established a medical robot center in Fukuoka. Based inside Kyushu University Hospital, the center will employ advanced technology to develop endoscopic robots able to operate inside the human body. The Japanese government will provide ¥1.2 billion to encourage innovation in therapeutic robot technology. The center also plans to develop devices to conduct remote surgeries and chemical compounds to detect tumors with diameters of 1 millimeter. (Click here for more - Japanese language