The BMJ ’s editor in chief has urged the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and its members to establish a standard for transparently disclosing payments they receive from industry and patient groups.
“Transparency is the absolute minimum for managing conflicts of interest,” Kamran Abbasi said in an open letter to the institutions.1
An investigation by The BMJ in July found that royal colleges had received more than £9m in payments from drug and medical device companies since 2015 but that they did not always disclose these publicly.2
The colleges are not obliged to disclose these payments, which are not always included in their annual …
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Royal colleges in the UK have received more than £9 million in marketing payments from drug and medical devices companies since 2015, but do not always disclose the payments publicly, finds an investigation published by The BMJ today.
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