The disclosure of COI self-reporting in the Neurotech Guidebook is as follows:
Roles in the development of the NeuroTech Guidebook
●Chair
Ryota Kanai (CEO, Araya Inc.)
●Guidebook Development Committee
- Takuya Ibaraki (Associate Partner, Neuro Innovation Unit, NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc. / Chief Neuro Technology Officer, Vie Style Inc.)
- Junichi Ushiba (Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University)
- Mitsuaki Takemi (Project Lecturer, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University)
- Takufumi Yanagisawa (Professor, Institute for Advanced Co-creative Studies, Osaka University)
●Secretariat
- Yumiko Kakubari (Araya Inc.)
- Ayumi Kusano (Araya Inc.)
- Shiho Tenmoto (Director, Knowledge Mobility based System Institute)
- Tomoya Nakanishi (Consultant, Neuro Innovation Unit, NTT Data Institute of Management Consulting, Inc.)
●Guidebook External Review Board
- Akifumi Shimanouchi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University)
- Ryuma Shineha (Associate Professor, Research Center on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, Osaka University)
- Yoshiyuki Takimoto (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Financial COI declaration (period subject to the declaration: 3 years from the date of appointment)
| (1) Amount of remuneration as a director or advisor of a company, corporate organization, or for-profit organization related to the research | (2) Profit from stock | (3) Patent royalties | (4) Per diem (honoraria, lecture fees, etc.) | (5) Manuscript fees | (6) Research funds, grants, etc. | (7) Scholarly (incentive) donations, etc. | (8) Endowed courses offered by companies, etc. | (9) Others (e.g., travel expenses, receipt of gifts, etc.) | |
| Name of individual | 1,000,000 yen or more per year from one company, organization, or association | Profit from shares (total of dividends and profit from sale) of one company for one year is 1,000,000 yen or more, or 5% or more of all shares of the company are owned by the company, organization, or association | Royalties from a single patent right from one company, organization, or association are 1,000,000 yen or more per year | 500,000 yen or more per year from one company, organization, or association | 500,000 yen or more per year from one company, organization, or association | Research expenses from one company or for-profit corporate organization or association for medical or healthcare research (contracted research, joint research, clinical trials, etc.) for which the declarant can substantially determine the use of the funds, and for which the amount allocated is 1,000,000 yen or more per year | Donations from a company, organization, or group to an individual filer or to a department, division, or laboratory to which the member belongs, totaling 1,000,000 yen or more per year, for which the member can substantially determine the use of the funds | In case the member belongs to the couse | 50,000 yen or more per year from one company, organization, or association |
| [Reporting criteria] 1,000,000 yen or more per year | [Reporting criteria] 1,000,000 yen or more per year, 5% or more of all such shares | [Reporting criteria] 1,000,000 yen or more per year in royalty income from a single patent | [Reporting criteria] 500,000 yen or more per year | [Reporting criteria] 500,000 yen or more per year | [Reporting criteria] 1,000,000 yen or more per year |
[Reporting criteria] Total of 1,000,000 yen or more per year |
ー | [Reporting criteria] 50,000 yen or more per year | |
| Ryota Kanai | (1) Araya Inc. (Subject: himself; Period: June 2018-) (2) Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (Subject: himself; Period: November 2020-) |
Araya Inc. (Subject: himself; Period: June 2018-) | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Takuya Ibaraki | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Junichi Ushiba | Connect Inc., (Present company name: LIFESCAPES Inc.) (Subject: himself; Period: May 2018-) |
Connect Inc., (Present company name: LIFESCAPES Inc.) (Subject: himself, Period: May 2018-) | None | None | None | (1) FUJIFILM Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd. (Subject: himself, Period: March 2019 – April 2022) (2) Connect Inc., (Present company name: LIFESCAPES Inc.) (Subject: himself; Period: October 2020 – March 2022) |
None | None | None |
| Mitsuaki Takemi | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Takufumi Yanagisawa | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Yumiko Kakubari | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Ayumi Kusano | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Shiho Tenmoto | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Tomoya Nakanishi | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Ryuma Shineha | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Akifumi Shimanouchi | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
| Yoshiyuki Takimoto | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None |
Academic COI declaration (period subject to the declaration: 3 years from the date of appointment)
| (1) Family relationship | (2) Master-disciple relationship/Employment relationship | (3) Endowed course | (4) Others | |
| Name of individual | Guidebook development committee member, secretariat staff, or other Guidebook external review board member has a kinship with other member(s). | Guidebook development committee member, secretariat staff, or other Guidebook external review board member has a close master-disciple relationship or direct employment relationship with other member(s). | The same department at your university, national research institute, etc., or the same company that offers donated courses related to NeuroTech from a company or a profit-oriented corporate organization. | Not applicable to the above, but there is a possible conflict of interest. |
| Ryota Kanai | None | None | None | None |
| Takuya Ibaraki | None | None | None | Research collaboration with Dr. Shineha in another externally funded project (PRISM, Cabinet Office) (serves as the administrative secretariat of the study group chaired by Dr. Shineha who is an External review board member) |
| Junichi Ushiba | None | [Subject] Mitsuaki Takemi [Relationship] Employment relationship (employer) |
None | Founded a NeuroTech company, LIFESCAPES Inc., with permission from the university, and serves as CEO, acquires the founder’s shares, and receives remuneration. |
| Mitsuaki Takemi | None | [Subject] Junichi Ushiba [Relationship] Employment relationship (employee) |
None | None |
| Takufumi Yanagisawa | None | None | None | None |
| Yumiko Kakubari | None | None | None | None |
| Ayumi Kusano | None | None | None | None |
| Shiho Tenmoto | None | None | None | None |
| Tomoya Nakanishi | None | None | None | None |
| Ryuma Shineha | None | None | None | Joint research or research collaboration in other research projects with two of the development committee members (Takuya Ibaraki, Takufumi Yanagisawa) |
| Akifumi Shimanouchi | None | None | None | None |
| Yoshiyuki Takimoto | None | None | None | None |