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Unholy Nexus of Doctors and Drug Firms Denounced
November 02, 2007 at 1:18 PM
General Health News
Speaking at the forum on Wednesday writer Ray Moynihan, a noted critic of the pharmaceutical industry, wanted doctors publicly named and even charged if they accept dinners and other "bribes" from drug companies.
He said the current regulations on the issue needed to be strengthened in order to end "poisonous and potentially deadly" drug promotion.
"Events like wining and dining now have to be revealed, but what we don't know is the names of the doctors attending these events, and that's one of the next steps," he said. "There's no reason that patients shouldn't get access to all that information about their doctors." The following step must be to criminalise those "bribes."
Already the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has introduced rules forcing pharmaceutical companies to declare all gifts to doctors.
The number of doctors attending sponsored events and the full costs incurred must be declared.
Moynihan, from the University of Newcastle, told the meeting the commission had made a "very good start."
The Consumers International, a global federation of consumer advocate organizations, also released a report revealing lists of inducements to doctors in developing countries.
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