MBK Wellness Begins Providing Medical Information from Home Medicine to Welby’s Kotokoto Drug Information Site

MBK Wellness Co., Ltd. Health Dojin Frontier Business Division has begun providing medical information content from its publication Home Medicine to “About Medicines and Diseases,” commonly known as Kotokoto, a drug information website operated by Welby Inc. Since its founding in 1946, MBK Wellness has built a broad portfolio of reliable medical and health content supervised by medical professionals, including Home Medicine, and this content has been used by many people. Through this initiative, the company will provide Kotokoto with content from Home Medicine covering diseases, symptoms, and related topics. As medical information continues to proliferate, access to reliable information is essential for patients to correctly understand their illnesses, treatments, and medicines, and to engage with care in an informed and confident way. MBK Wellness hopes that, through Kotokoto, more patients will be able to use medical information content grounded in the expertise and reliability of Home Medicine with confidence. Kotokoto is a drug information platform for patients and consumers. It provides centralized access to a variety of information related to prescription drugs by referencing and linking with public databases such as PMDA, patient-oriented materials such as Kusuri no Shiori from the RAD-AR Council Japan, and Home Medicine. The platform is designed with large text and simple screens. URL: https://kotokoto.welby.jp/ Home Medicine was first published in 1969 as a household medical book incorporating the concept of self-care. In addition to information on diseases and medical tests, it offers practical, easy-to-understand guidance on symptoms and self-care, first aid, health promotion, and how to choose and visit medical institutions. It became a major bestseller, exceeding 3.3 million copies sold, and has been widely read for many years as an essential household medical reference. Today, MBK Wellness provides “Everyone’s Home Medicine,” a digital platform based on the Home Medicine database that offers medical and health information search, access to recent articles, and health consultation features. The service carries forward the spirit of Home Medicine and broadly supports the health of users and their families. It is offered to contracted organizations. Welby Inc. provides solutions that support the utilization of medical data, centered on its PHR platform “Welby My Karte,” which covers multiple fields including lifestyle-related diseases, oncology, and autoimmune diseases. The company aims to realize a society in which individuals can understand their own health and translate that understanding into behavior change. MBK Wellness Co., Ltd. Health Dojin Frontier Business Division was founded in 1946 to publish Health Dojin, an educational magazine for tuberculosis treatment and recovery. It later proposed Japan’s first comprehensive medical checkup program and published Home Medicine, a medical book for general households. Today, it provides health and medical content, health consultation, EAP, and health management support to corporate HR departments, health insurance societies, and business clients, with the goal of supporting people’s well-being.