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  1. www.cbc.ca › news › healthCanada's pharma companies disclose payments to doctors for ...

    Jun 22, 2017 · The five companies that disclosed what they paid doctors over a six-month period (July to December 2016) were: AbbVie: $4,104,000. Novartis: $3,645,026. Amgen: $2,365,000.

  2. www.cbc.ca › news › healthDoes your doctor get money from drug companies? It's not easy ...

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    But a closer look at that committee is another example of the financial relationships that exist between Canada's doctors and the pharmaceutical industry. Almost everyone on the 22-member committee received money from Amgen or other pharmaceutical companies.* Only two received no funding. Yet according to the committee's own rules, no one with conf...

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    But in the U.S. if a doctor receives more than $10 from a drug company, it must be disclosed, by law, under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act, along with the details about why the payment was accepted. And it's searchable on a public database. Tomorrow, ten of Canada's largest pharmaceutical companies will begin a form of voluntary disclosure of ...

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    But does simply disclosing payments eliminate the biases that could develop when doctors get money from drug companies? A study published last monthin the Journal of Clinical Oncology showed that U.S. oncologists receiving payments from particular companies prescribed that company's drug more often. Conflicts of interest "may influence oncologists ...

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  3. www.healthcoalition.ca › canadians-need-to-knowCanadians need to know how much money Big Pharma gives health ...

    Mar 27, 2024 · Over seven years (2016-2022), the 10 disclosing companies gave over $236 million to doctors and almost $213 million to organizations. Which doctors and organizations have received these payments, what have they done to earn the money?

  4. nationalpost.com › news › canadaCanadian drug companies agree to divulge how much they pay ...

    Mar 28, 2016 · Amid ongoing controversy over the fees pharmaceutical companies pay doctors, 10 Canadian-based firms have agreed to divulge how much cash they hand over to physicians and health...

  5. www.cihi.ca › en › health-workforce-in-canada-inAn overview of physician payments and cost per service

    Nov 17, 2022 · The predominant method of reimbursement for physicians’ clinical activity in Canada is fee-for-service (FFS), but other models exist, such as salary, sessional payments, capitation and other contracts. Any non-FFS payments are referred to here as alternative payment plans (APPs).

  6. theconversation.com › canadians-need-to-know-howCanadians need to know how much money Big Pharma gives

    Mar 6, 2024 · Canadians need to know what Big Pharma is paying to whom, since these payments may not be to the benefit of patients. Canada has a lack of transparency about Big Pharma’s payments to...

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  8. www.utoronto.ca › news › what-big-pharma-pays-yourWhat Big Pharma pays your doctor: U of T expert

    Jul 5, 2018 · The links show an association between the amount of money doctors get and their prescription of brand-name statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) rather than much less expensive generic versions. Receipt of industry-sponsored meals with a value of less than $20 is associated with an increased rate of prescribing the brand-name medication that is ...