Bayer Yakuhin's 'Elevit®' Hosts Preconception Care Seminar for Corporations Featuring Obstetricians
Bayer Yakuhin's 'Elevit®' brand held an online preconception care seminar for corporations, inviting Dr. Takuhiko Ichiyama. The seminar focused on health management for future pregnancy and the importance of folic acid.
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Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. (Headquarters: Osaka City, hereafter 'Bayer Yakuhin'), whose prenatal supplement 'Elevit®' is the No. 1* recommended brand by obstetricians and gynecologists, held an online preconception care seminar tailored for corporations, featuring an obstetrician.
In this seminar, Dr. Takuhiko Ichiyama, Chairman of the medical corporation torch clinic and Director of the Ueno clinic, was invited to deliver a lecture titled 'Preconception Care: 'Glad I Knew' - Options for Someday' aimed at corporate audiences. Participants joined with high interest, citing reasons such as 'preconception care is gaining social attention' and 'wanting to consider how HR departments should address it.' Dr. Ichiyama explained that preconception care means 'acquiring correct knowledge, preparing, and taking action with future pregnancy in mind.' He provided specific explanations on the importance of knowing one's own body, starting with basic medical knowledge about pregnancy and the fundamental concepts of fertility.
He emphasized that understanding one's current health status through examinations like bridal checks, adjusting one's physical and nutritional environment for pregnancy and fertility treatments, and proactively thinking about family planning are the first steps to expanding future options. Furthermore, he sent a message to the participants: 'Knowing early gives you more time to consider your options,' and 'Do not view infertility or treatment as something special; feel free to consult a doctor as part of understanding your health status.'
Additionally, as part of preconception care, 'actively taking folic acid from diet and supplements' is recommended. Bayer Yakuhin/Elevit introduced the importance of folic acid intake from before pregnancy and supplementing it with a folic acid multivitamin, based on a foundation of a healthy diet.
Feedback from participants included, 'I felt the importance of knowing actionable options now, like bridal checks, and planning for the future with knowledge,' 'Specific data on pregnancy rates and treatment ratios helped me correctly understand the current situation in Japan, providing a great realization for my future,' and 'I learned the importance of not just comprehensive health checkups but also visiting an obstetrician/gynecologist for exams, making me want to get checked in the future.'
What is Preconception Care?
It is about men and women facing their daily lives and health while considering their future life plans. It not only leads to one's own health now and in the future but also affects the health of future children. Even for those who do not desire future pregnancy and childbirth, having correct knowledge about sexuality, pregnancy, and childbirth is necessary to protect oneself and one's partner.
*Excerpt from the National Center for Child Health and Development website: https://www.ncchd.go.jp/hospital/about/section/preconception/
■ Event Overview
Seminar Title: Preconception Care Online Seminar "Preconception Care: 'Glad I Knew' - Options for Someday"
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Takuhiko Ichiyama, Chairman of torch clinic and Director of Ueno clinic
Seminar Outline:
- What is 'Preconception Care'?
- Knowing the correct information about pregnancy and fertility treatments
- Knowing your own and your partner's body regarding pregnancy and fertility
- Adjusting your own body for pregnancy and fertility
- Adjusting the nutritional environment for pregnancy and fertility
- Things to consider towards pregnancy and fertility
Host: Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. (Elevit®)
■ About 'Elevit®' Information Dissemination
On the Elevit® brand site (https://www.elevit.jp) and official accounts on X (https://x.com/elevit_japan) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/elevitjapan/), we disseminate not only product information but also knowledge about folic acid and ingredients, diet and nutrition, and things you should know during fertility treatments, pregnancy, and postpartum. This information is supervised by experts such as obstetricians, staying close to the minds and bodies of those trying to conceive, pregnant, or postpartum.
■ About the Elevit® Brand Family
The 1,000 days from conception to a child's 2nd birthday are called the 'First 1,000 Days of Life,' and nutritional intake during this period is said to be important for maintaining future health. Bayer Yakuhin supports nutrition from before pregnancy through the pregnancy period with 'Elevit® (Prenatal Care)' and 'Menevit®'.
In this seminar, Dr. Takuhiko Ichiyama, Chairman of the medical corporation torch clinic and Director of the Ueno clinic, was invited to deliver a lecture titled 'Preconception Care: 'Glad I Knew' - Options for Someday' aimed at corporate audiences. Participants joined with high interest, citing reasons such as 'preconception care is gaining social attention' and 'wanting to consider how HR departments should address it.' Dr. Ichiyama explained that preconception care means 'acquiring correct knowledge, preparing, and taking action with future pregnancy in mind.' He provided specific explanations on the importance of knowing one's own body, starting with basic medical knowledge about pregnancy and the fundamental concepts of fertility.
He emphasized that understanding one's current health status through examinations like bridal checks, adjusting one's physical and nutritional environment for pregnancy and fertility treatments, and proactively thinking about family planning are the first steps to expanding future options. Furthermore, he sent a message to the participants: 'Knowing early gives you more time to consider your options,' and 'Do not view infertility or treatment as something special; feel free to consult a doctor as part of understanding your health status.'
Additionally, as part of preconception care, 'actively taking folic acid from diet and supplements' is recommended. Bayer Yakuhin/Elevit introduced the importance of folic acid intake from before pregnancy and supplementing it with a folic acid multivitamin, based on a foundation of a healthy diet.
Feedback from participants included, 'I felt the importance of knowing actionable options now, like bridal checks, and planning for the future with knowledge,' 'Specific data on pregnancy rates and treatment ratios helped me correctly understand the current situation in Japan, providing a great realization for my future,' and 'I learned the importance of not just comprehensive health checkups but also visiting an obstetrician/gynecologist for exams, making me want to get checked in the future.'
What is Preconception Care?
It is about men and women facing their daily lives and health while considering their future life plans. It not only leads to one's own health now and in the future but also affects the health of future children. Even for those who do not desire future pregnancy and childbirth, having correct knowledge about sexuality, pregnancy, and childbirth is necessary to protect oneself and one's partner.
*Excerpt from the National Center for Child Health and Development website: https://www.ncchd.go.jp/hospital/about/section/preconception/
■ Event Overview
Seminar Title: Preconception Care Online Seminar "Preconception Care: 'Glad I Knew' - Options for Someday"
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Time: 12:00 - 13:00
Speaker: Dr. Takuhiko Ichiyama, Chairman of torch clinic and Director of Ueno clinic
Seminar Outline:
- What is 'Preconception Care'?
- Knowing the correct information about pregnancy and fertility treatments
- Knowing your own and your partner's body regarding pregnancy and fertility
- Adjusting your own body for pregnancy and fertility
- Adjusting the nutritional environment for pregnancy and fertility
- Things to consider towards pregnancy and fertility
Host: Bayer Yakuhin Ltd. (Elevit®)
■ About 'Elevit®' Information Dissemination
On the Elevit® brand site (https://www.elevit.jp) and official accounts on X (https://x.com/elevit_japan) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/elevitjapan/), we disseminate not only product information but also knowledge about folic acid and ingredients, diet and nutrition, and things you should know during fertility treatments, pregnancy, and postpartum. This information is supervised by experts such as obstetricians, staying close to the minds and bodies of those trying to conceive, pregnant, or postpartum.
■ About the Elevit® Brand Family
The 1,000 days from conception to a child's 2nd birthday are called the 'First 1,000 Days of Life,' and nutritional intake during this period is said to be important for maintaining future health. Bayer Yakuhin supports nutrition from before pregnancy through the pregnancy period with 'Elevit® (Prenatal Care)' and 'Menevit®'.