Healthy Skepticism Library item: 19786

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Publication type: Magazine

Hingston C
Hospitality crackdown threatens CPD
Australian Doctor 2006 Aug 3
http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/hospitality-crackdown-threatens-cpd

Abstract:

A CRACKDOWN on drug companies forcing them to reveal, on a public access web site, all costs of events held for doctors could threaten the number of CPD options available to GPs, the AMA has warned.Changes to the Medicines Australia code of conduct approved last week by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission follow media criticism of Roche. The company allegedly spent $65,000 taking more than 200 top cancer specialists and guests to dinner at the exclusive Guillaume at Bennelong restaurant at the Sydney Opera House.Drug companies will now have to submit a report of the cost of every function put on for doctors detailing everything from educational content to the meal provided and the specialty of the doctors…