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Overview of Divisions and Business Units
Ultra-wideeld imaging device
Daytona
Q Please tell us about your strategies for the scal year ending March 31, 2017.
First, I would like to develop new products that leverage Nikon’s and Optos’ technologies and bring them to market
as soon as possible, to assist in the detection and prevention of chronic diseases in the early stage. In particular, the
number of people that are losing their sight due to the effects of diabetes has been increasing yearly, and we are
examining product developments that will enable easier diagnosis of cases of diabetes-related detached retina.
Regarding moves toward business expansion, not only with Optos, we need to promote M&As and alliances into
elds other than ophthalmology. We will of course make progress while conducting risk assessments. However, after
having placed an emphasis on two points—whether we can leverage our strongpoint technologies, and if we will be
able to contribute to improvements in people’s QOL—I would like to develop products that will form the core of the
Medical Business.
Q Please tell us what will be needed to further develop Nikon’s Medical Business.
The most important aspect of Medical Business products is to what extent they are easy to handle for healthcare
workers, such as medical doctors. To that end, marketing that looks into the needs of healthcare workers will
become extremely important, and the building of relationships with key opinion leaders (KOLs) will be indispensable
in obtaining accurate information. Optos possesses strengths in marketing-based product development and has
effectively built relationships with KOLs and sales channels centered on its ultra-wideeld (UWF) technology, and
there is an urgent need to absorb that knowledge.
On the one hand, Nikon has a history of about 100 years, and there have been an extremely large number of
instances in which healthcare workers’ great expectations from the Nikon brand have been palpable. To meet those
expectations, we recognize our mission as being to develop and provide society with products that contribute to the
world as a whole. Activities that bring about improvements in QOL for people all over the world will form a major
linchpin within Nikon and, at the same time, are an ideal form said to be capable of increasing prots. It is my belief
that moving forward one step at a time toward the realization of that ideal will lead to the development of the Medical
Business in the years to come.
Ultra-wideeld imaging device
California
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BUSINESS PERFORMANCE