MEDICINES Australia member companies have released new reports which detail payments to individual health professionals - including pharmacists - by pharmaceutical manufacturers to attend meetings and events.
The reports, which name specific individuals and the amounts they received, were welcomed by the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission.
Edition 18 of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct was approved on the basis that it strengthened its public reporting as well as tightening standards for advertising, the behaviour of medical reps and relationships with health care professionals.
The reporting procedure requires identification of 'transfers of value' such as speaking fees, advisory board fees, and sponsorships to attend conferences, the ACCC said.
Among other details the reports confirms MA companies spent around $10 million on travel for health professionals.
The full list of Medicines Australia member reports can be accessed at www.medicinesaustralia.com.au.
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