Fitbit and JMDC Sign Agreement to Appoint JMDC as Exclusive Distributor of Fitbit Premium for Enterprise Customers in Japan
November 25, 2020
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Fitbit announced that JMDC will be the exclusive distributor of Fitbit Premium, Fitbit’s paid membership service, for enterprise customers in Japan. JMDC has offered Fitbit devices (trackers and smartwatches) to its enterprise customers (payers, companies focusing on corporate wellness, and private insurers) since 2016, and will offer Fitbit Premium to its enterprise customers in Japan. Fitbit Premium provides personalized, actionable guidance to help people move more, sleep better and eat well. Premium membership includes customized programs, advanced analytics, personal insights, workouts, new challenges, new key health metrics, health reports and more – all in one place in the Fitbit app. Fitbit Premium will also be offering localised programs in Japanese for sleep, nutrition and mind-fullness from partners like Asken, Croix and Neurospace. Fitbit Premium has already reached more than 500,000 paid subscribers in less than a year since launch. According to the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan continues to see healthcare expenditure reach record highs, with an estimated ¥42.6 trillion (USD 385.9 billion) spent in 20181 to support a rapidly aging population. Japanese employers pay a significant portion of these healthcare costs and, in response, many companies have stepped up their efforts to improve workplace health and wellness, with strong support and recognition from the government. Fitbit was first introduced in Japan in 2014, and Fitbit works with nearly 300 Japanese enterprise customers across a wide range of industries to provide health and wellness solutions that help drive meaningful engagement, better health outcomes, and positive returns for employers, health insurers, and payers. Historically, JMDC has focused on the health promotion business for health insurance association clients, however, JMDC plans to enhance its provision of services that focus on aspects such as exercise, sleep, meditation, preventive mental health, in the corporate wellness field with Fitbit Premium. Fitbit Premium will be a core service offering for JMDC’s enterprise customers. This partnership will greatly expand its business in the field of health management for its corporate clients.
JMDC Inc. is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the health big data business, telemedicine business and dispensing pharmacy support business. The Company operates in three business segments. The Health Big Data segment is engaged in the provision of receipt data analysis and health promotion solutions, and personal health information platforms, the build, management and analysis of medical databases such as receipt data and medical examination data, the build and sale of drug databases, and the development and provision of systems using drug databases for medical institutions. The Telemedicine segment is engaged in the provision of remote image diagnosis matching services, and infrastructure systems for remote image diagnosis. The Dispensing Pharmacy Support segment is engaged in the development and provision of business systems and electronic medication record for dispensing pharmacies, as well as the operation of dispensing pharmacies.