Decoding disclosure: Comparing conflict of interest policy among the United States, France, and Australia

“Let a little bit of sunshine into this world of financial relationships − it is, after all, the best disinfectant” were United States (US) Senator Grassley’s words to the Senate in 2007 when he first introduced the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, which would mandate public disclosure of pa yments to physicians from pharmaceutical and medical device companies [1]. The Sunshine Act became law in the US in 2010, and “sunshine” has subsequently gone “global [2],” with numerous other countries, including France, Slovenia, Turkey, Australia and Japan, either adopting, or contemplati ng, “sunshine-like” legislation, government regulation, or industry self-regulation.

Source: Health Policy - March 22, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Quinn Grundy, Roojin Habibi, Adrienne Shnier, Christopher Mayes, Wendy Lipworth Source Type: research