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Ontario law to require drug firms to reveal funds paid to doctors’ groups, patient advocates

February 22, 2018

Pharmaceutical companies will have to reveal in detail the payments they make to patient-advocacy groups and professional medical societies in Ontario as part of the province’s efforts to pull back the curtain on money in medicine.

The lack of transparency has meant that health charities and non-profits have had no mandatory obligation to reveal which companies are funding them and in what amounts.

Read more at The Globe and Mail

Filed Under: Healthcare Waste Tagged With: big pharma, Ontario law, pharmaceutical companies, pharmaceutical industry

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