ABPI publishes industry payments to health professionals and organizations

30 June 2016

Trade group the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has today published for the first time details of payments or benefits in kind - made to doctors, nurses and pharmacists, as well as other health professionals and healthcare organizations in the UK on a publicly accessible database - Disclosure UK ( www.disclosureuk.org.uk).

This new database, available to download on the ABPI website ( www.disclosureuk.org.uk), shows payments from 109 pharmaceutical companies in the UK (54 ABPI member companies and 55 non-member companies).

The data shows that in 2015, industry spent a total of £340.3 million ($456.0 million) on working with health professionals and organizations, of which £229.3 million (67%) is for activities related to the research and development of new medicines.

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