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Influence-Peddling By Drug Manufacturers - A Little Sunshine Please
Category: Why Didn't I Think Of That?
Wouldn't you like to know your doctor was selecting the proper medication for you without any allegiance to a particular drug manufacturer?
Grassley, Kohl Say Public Should Know When Pharmaceutical Makers Give Money To Doctors, USA
U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Herb Kohl (D-WI) are introducing legislation to require manufacturers of pharmaceutical drugs, devices and biologics to disclose the amount of money they give to doctors through payments, gifts, honoraria, travel and other means."Right now the public has no way to know whether a doctor's been given money that might affect prescribing habits," Grassley said. "This bill is about letting the sun shine in so that the public can know. Whether it's dinner at a restaurant or tens of thousands of dollars or more in fees and travel, patients shouldn't be in the dark about whether their doctors are getting money from drug and device makers."
"At our June hearing, the pharmaceutical industry told the Aging Committee that they believe their practices are above-board. If that is the case, full disclosure will only serve to prove them right. If that is not the case, full disclosure will bring their influence-peddling out from the shadows. Either way, patients win," Kohl said.
Influence-peddling under the name of marketing, continuing medical education or research is still influence peddling. If my doctor just got back from a paid vacation, a.k.a. drug seminar, I would like access to that information. Maybe we could chat about the weather in Mexico. Or, the snow in Aspen.
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