Pharmaceutical companies 'should publicly disclose payments to doctors', experts say

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Pharmaceutical companies that pay healthcare professionals to use their products should disclose their transactions, according to medical experts

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There is already a database of payments and benefits in kind made by the pharmaceutical industry to healthcare practitioners and organisations called Disclosure UK, which was set up by Association of British Pharmaceutical Industry, and The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry in 2015 to encourage transparency and highlight the benefits of this financial relationship.

He said:"We set up Disclosure UK to explain to the public how we develop and discover medicines. I feel it is a positive thing for doctors to disclose their payments and there is nothing to be ashamed of, they should be proud of their work." He said:"Obviously drug companies are corporations - they are profit driven and they want to deliver value for their shareholders.

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