DC Advisory advised Medley on its capital and business alliance with NTT DOCOMO

Background

• Medley Inc (Medley) is a Japanese operator and provider of medial platforms and services, providing a wide variety of patient-facing media as well as integrated databases and systems for use across hospitals, clinics and pharmacies
• NTT DOCOMO is Japan's largest telecommunications company, serving over 73 million customers in Japan through its advanced wireless networks and is also a leading developer of 5G networks

Process

• DC Advisory (DC) acted as financial advisor to Medley on its capital and business alliance agreement with NTT DOCOMO
• The transaction will be completed through a process of issuing new shares via third-party allotment 
• This transaction follows a rapid increase in the momentum for digitisation that has taken place across medical and healthcare sectors in response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic

Outcome

• Medley and NTT DOCOMO's collaboration aims to further the development of advances in telemedicine with the provision of high-value-add healthcare services, recognising the complimentary relationship between telemedicine and provision of face-to-face medical care
• Leveraging the sizeable assets of both companies, the collaboration will include joint management of the telemedicine app CLINICS as well as new services for end-users in order to bring closer a future where patients make full use of healthcare services