AMENDMENTS TO THE ABPI CODE OF PRACTICE RELATING TO TRANSPARENCY AND PUBLIC DISCLOSURES

摘要

Companies must make publicly available the amounts paid to consultants for certain services (eg, chairing, speaking, training, advisory boards, etc) by disclosing the total amount of money paid in the previous calendar year, the total number of consultants used and the average fee paid to. each, Eli Lilly became the first major company to provide a detailed list of consultant fees, disclosing $22m in compensation paid to almost 3,400 US healthcare professionals in the first quarter of 2009. Hospital pharmacists who have consulted for many companies should not be worried by this proposal because of existing trust policies on registering interests. For example, some state that employees must register any interest or role in an organisation that is a potential or actual supplier of the trust. A general rule is that any other paid employment outside the trust must be registered.