EFPIA

Pour la première fois, des montants octroyés par les sociétés pharmaceutiques faisant partie de Pharma.be à des médecins, infirmiers, pharmaciens ou organismes et associations ayant trait à la santé seront rendus publics et donc accessibles à tous. Ce mercredi en effet, sont dès à présent publiés sur betransparent.be ce que l’on appelle les “transferts de valeurs” pour l’année 2015. Certes, après des années d’opacité et de soupçons parfois avérés sur les transactions opérées entre l’industrie pharmaceutique et certains professionnels de la santé, la législation et des codes de déontologie ont remis un peu d’ordre bien nécessaire. Mais en l’occurrence, c’est …

La Finlande, la Norvège et la Suède sont les premiers pays pour lesquels les entreprises pharmaceutiques ont publié leurs liens d’intérêts conformément au Disclosure Code EFPIA. Les données de la Finlande sont regroupées sur le site de Pharma Industry Finland (PIF) Celles de la Suède sur le site de Swedish Association of the Pharmaceutical Industry (LIF) Les données de la Norvège sont publiées par chaque laboratoire pharmaceutique sur leur propre site

Thomas Sullivan, April 13, 2016. For the first time, on June 30, 2016, pharmaceutical companies will be forced to disclose full data on payments made to doctors across Europe. Starting then, all pharmaceutical companies will be required to publish payments they made in the previous year to physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals (HCPs), identifying them by name when possible. The rules will also encompass payments made to hospitals and other healthcare organizations (HCOs) across thirty-three European countries. This move is huge for the industry’s relationship with doctors, and reflects a global move toward greater transparency – for better or …

Thomas Sullivan, April 13, 2016. While this move was prompted by EFPIA (the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations), thirty-three countries in Europe will apply the transparency goals and recommendations in different ways. Some countries are opting for a central platform database similar to the UK database, and others will allow for payment disclosures to be made on company’s own websites. Some countries (i.e., France, Slovakia, Greece, Romania) have even passed legislation to make disclosures of payments to healthcare professionals mandatory. ABPI believes that while the EFPIA requirement only mandates that payment information be available on the relevant Member …

Peter John Gordon : Over two years ago I raised a petition with the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to introduce a Sunshine Act for Scotland. A Sunshine Act would make it mandatory for healthcare workers (and hopefully academics and all allied health professionals) to declare fully any payments including payments in kind. The argument I presented was that a single, searchable, independent register underpinned by statute would ensure transparency, promote scientific integrity, reduce the potential for harm and save money. My petition was closed earlier this month by the Scottish Parliament as the Scottish Government had committed …

Around £40m is paid to healthcare professionals in the UK each year by pharmaceutical companies. These payments are unidentifiable, made available on an aggregate basis. However, from 30 June 2016, for the first time patients will be able find out if their doctor, pharmacist or other healthcare professional has received any payments from a pharmaceutical company. The payments, which could include being paid to attend a medical event or acting as an adviser to a pharmaceutical or medical device company, will be listed on a publicly searchable database called Disclosure UK. This will be hosted by the Association of British …