BeaconOne Co-Founders and Managing Partners Rob Wenthold and Tom Goss had an outstanding day of discussions with the team at the department of the NEXT Medical Device Innovation Center at National Cancer Center Hospital East in Tokyo, Japan. The Center was established in 2017 to accelerate the development of innovative medical devices based on clinical needs through cooperation among the industrial, academic, governmental, medical, and technical sectors. The department has an excellent track record of successful discoveries that have made it to the clinical stage to help patients. We welcomed the opportunity to discuss strategies to enable these innovators to successfully access the US healthcare system. Thank you to the NEXT leadership team for hosting us.