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Voluntary guidelines have been set out by Medicines New Zealand and the New Zealand Medical Association, asking drug companies to post annual reports on which doctors or health workers received payments and what the payments were for.
Medicines New Zealand chief executive Graeme Jarvis.
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Medicines New Zealand chief executive Graeme Jarvis said his organisation was made up of companies researching, making and marketing drugs.
All members, including major drug manufacturers Pfizer and GSK, had agreed to disclose payments to health workers, he said.
Jarvis hoped the guidelines would increase public trust in the payments, which some researchers have said influence how doctors prescribe drugs for patients.