Conflict of Interest
Conflict of interest (COI) is a state where the public interest derived from the medical and healthcare research promoted by JSGE is in conflict with the personal interest of an individual member of JSGE that arises from university-industry partnerships, among others.
The Japanese Society of Gastroenterology (JSGE) conducts its projects by managing conflicts of interest.
If you are giving a presentation at a scientific meeting or contributing a thesis, please abide by the Policy on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research and the Detailed Regulations on the Implementation of the Policy on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research.
Please note that the Policy and Detailed Regulations on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research were partially revised as of January 2025.
Policy on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research
Detailed Regulations on the Implementation of the Policy on Conflict of Interest in Medical Research
＜Threshold for COI Disclosure＞
| Category Matters to be disclosed in relation to the presenters and their relatives |
Description | Disclosure Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Board member/advisor | An annual compensation from any one company or organization | ¥1 million or more |
| Corporate stocks | An annual profit (an aggregate of dividends and capital gain) from one company’s stock or percentage ownership of the company’s outstanding shares | ¥1 million or more or 5% or more |
| Patent royalties | An annual loyalty payment for use of one paten | ¥1 million or more |
| Honorariums, etc. | Total amount of per diem, honorariums, etc., paid for the time and energy spent by a researcher to attend or give a presentation or advice at a meeting in a year | ¥500,000 or more |
| Writing fees | Total amount of fees paid for writing a pamphlet, etc. | ¥500,000 or more |
| Research grants (joint research, commissioned research, clinical trials, etc.) | Total amount of contracted research grants from one company or organization for medical research (joint research, commissioned research, clinical trials, etc.) actually allocated for the presenter to essentially have discretion over their use in a year | ¥1 million or more |
| Scholarship grants | Total amount of the portion of the scholarship grants from one company or organization to the presenter or the chair, field, or laboratory the presenter is affiliated with that is actually allocated for the presenter to essentially have discretion over their use | ¥1 million or more |
| Endowed chair | Affiliation with an endowed chair from a company, etc. | Affiliated with the chair |
| Other compensations | Trips and other gifts unrelated to research, education, or healthcare, provided by one company or organization in a year, in monetary value | ¥50,000 or more |
| Category Institutional COI related to the research institute or division (e.g. a research institute, hospital, faculty, center, etc.) the presenter is affiliated with |
Description | Disclosure Requirement |
|---|---|---|
| Research grants | Total amount of research grants awarded to a research institute or division or the head of the research institute or division the presenter is affiliated with and regarding which the research institute or division or its head essentially has discretion over their use | ¥10 million or more |
| Donations | Total amount of donations awarded to a research institute or division or the head of the research institute or division the presenter is affiliated with and regarding which the research institute or division or its head essentially has discretion over their use | ¥2 million or more |
| Others | A research institute or division or the head of the research institute or division the presenter is affiliated with owns a company’s stocks (5% or more of the issued shares of the company), has received patent royalties from a company or organization, or has any investment outstanding in a company or organization |