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Pakistan Acts To Harmonize Disclosure Of Pharma Payments To Doctors

 
• By Vibha Sharma

Pakistan’s drug regulator has come up with a strategy to ensure uniformity in how pharma and medical device companies disclose the money they spend on doctors and medical institutes under new ethical marketing rules.

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Pakistan Wants To Improve Transparency On Interactions Between Drug & Device Companies And Health Care Professionals • Source: Shutterstock

The Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan is taking steps to ensure that drug and medical device companies follow a harmonized approach when it comes to disclosing the expenses they incur every year as part of their product marketing activities involving health care professionals and medical institutes.

Companies are required to make such disclosures to the DRAP and relevant tax authorities under the “Ethical Marketing to Healthcare Professionals (EMHP) Rules,” which came into force in November 2021

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