curon Online Medical Care and Smart Pass

MICIN is a Tokyo-based digital health company founded in November 2015 and led by physician CEO Seigo Hara. It digitises the patient journey for clinics, pharmacies, insurers and pharmaceutical companies, aiming to make chronic and follow-up care easier to access and continue.

Its curon platform, launched in 2016, lets clinics offer online consultations in which patients book, consult by video, pay and arrange drug delivery from a smartphone, PC or tablet; clinics can start with no initial or monthly fees. Curon Smart Pass adds cashless reception, payment and prescription pickup for in-person visits, and Curon Pharmacy Support enables online medication guidance. MICIN also offers MiROHA tools for decentralised clinical trials, the MedBridge self-care system and a short-term insurance business.

• Online consultation: patients book, consult by video and pay from any device.
• Drug delivery: prescriptions can be arranged for delivery after the consultation.
• Curon Smart Pass: cashless reception, payment and prescription pickup for in-person visits.
• Pharmacy Support: online medication guidance for community pharmacies.
• Insurer integration: curon is bundled with Nippon Life's treatment support insurance service.
• MiROHA trial tools: telemedicine, eConsent and eSource for decentralised clinical trials.

Private clinic chains in Vietnam could offer video follow-up visits for chronic patients with integrated payment and drug delivery. Health insurers could bundle online consultations into their policies. Pharmaceutical companies and CROs could use remote consent and telemedicine tools to run decentralised trials.

Clinics can add online consultations without initial or monthly fees, lowering the barrier for small practices. Patients can continue follow-up care without travelling, with payment and drug delivery handled in one flow. Smart Pass removes waiting and cashier queues for in-person visits, with no card processing fees for clinics. Insurers and pharma companies can link their programmes to an established care platform.

Ageing societies in Japan and across Asia are increasing the number of patients needing long-term follow-up, while clinics face staff shortages. Online consultation, cashless check-in and remote medication guidance are becoming standard clinic infrastructure, and insurers are linking such services to their products. Vietnam's legal framework for remote care is also evolving.

Founded on 26 November 2015, headquartered in Minato-ku, Tokyo, led by physician CEO Seigo Hara. Operates MICIN Short-Term Insurance Co., Ltd. In April 2025 it completed what it describes as Japan's first fully remote injectable drug trial in oncology, and in March 2026 Nippon Life adopted curon for an insurance-linked service.