Scotland rejects “sunshine” legislation on searchable database of industry payments
BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l913 (Published 27 February 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l913- Bryan Christie
- Edinburgh
The Scottish government has rejected an attempt to introduce a “sunshine act” that would create a searchable record of all payments to health professionals from the drug industry and other sources.
More than five years after Peter Gordon, a consultant psychiatrist, petitioned the Scottish parliament to introduce such legislation, he has been informed that no special action will be taken.
A letter to Gordon, from Martyn McDonald of the medicines policy division, says that the matter has been given careful consideration and …
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