Indian drug firms appear keen to support the introduction of stricter rules on the payments they make to physicians and say that they are open to making disclosures along the lines stipulated in the US Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
Physician Inducements: Bring On The Sunshine (Act) Say Indian Firms
Indian pharmaceutical firms appear to have warmed up to the idea of making public their payments to doctors along the lines of those required under the Sunshine Act in the US. Physicians are also facing scrutiny in India over the unethical, so called “cut-practice”.
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