Hogy Medical Company Limited and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have announced a comprehensive business alliance in the medical business field. The new alliance will focus on 3 main business opportunities, one of which is the reprocessing of single-use devices. The media outlet Asia One is reporting, based on the official press release, that the decision to focus on reprocessing is in response to “projections that the demand for SUD reprocessing is expected to increase in Japan due to its cost advantage and effective resource utilization as well as its positive impact on environmental conservation.”
From an AMDR perspective, this new venture in Japan underscores the important and growing strategic value reprocessing and remanufacturing play as a key supply chain strategy for hospitals and healthcare providers. AMDR congratulates Mitsubishi Company and Hogy Medical on their comprehensive business alliance.
Single use device reprocessing and remanufacturing maximizes the value of existing medical device assets allowing hospitals to increase quality, reduce costs and improve patient care. Having played a key role in the establishment of the reprocessing industry in the U.S. and Europe, AMDR continues to push the medical technology industry and lead the way for reprocessing and remanufacturing to play a defining role in the evolution and utilization of new device technologies. Read More.