Usa, 34 million dollars from Big Pharma to dermatologists

Fedaisf editorial staff

October 9, 2016

Analyzed the Sunshine Act Open Payment database

I dermatologi americani hanno ricevuto oltre 34 milioni di dollari dall’industria nel 2014, e la maggior parte di questo denaro arriva dalle aziende farmaceutiche. E’ quanto emerge da uno studio pubblicato su ‘Jama Dermatology’, che rimbalza sul ‘Time’.

The researchers examined the Sunshine Act Open Payment database (for Medicare and Medicaid services), which lists payments dermatologists have received from drug companies reimbursed by a government program. In 2014, the study reports, 8,333 dermatologists received more than 208,000 payments.

And the 10% of professionals obtained the 90% of the total, explain the researchers directed by Hao Feng, a dermatologist at NYU Langone Medical Center. Most of the payments were for food and drinks, but the largest sums are attributable to fees for interventions such as speakers at meetings and congresses, consultancy and research (70% of total expenditure).

“Recentemente c’è stato un aumento dell’attenzione sull’interazione tra medici e industrie, ed è aumentata l’enfasi sulla trasparenza di queste interazioni”, nota Feng.

Margherita Lopes – 7 ottobre 2016 – PharmaKronos