Drug companies will reveal when they pay doctors to attend events
Photo: Andy Dean Photography/ 123rf 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. Photo: Supplied 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...
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