UPDATE:Merck CEO: To Publish Details Of Payments To Doctors -FT
25 September 2009 - 12:15AM
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Merck & Co. (MRK) Chief Executive Richard Clark says the
company will publish details of its payments to doctors, amid
charges that pharmaceutical companies have too much influence over
doctors' prescription decisions, The Financial Times reports
Wednesday. The disclosures, to start in the fourth quarter, will
make Merck the largest pharmaceutical to publish such information,
according to the FT. "The system needs to be totally transparent,"
Clark told the paper. He also questioned whether there was a need
for an annual ceiling on payments.
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