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miércoles, 2 de junio de 2021

RISKY BUSINESS? PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY SPONSORSHIP OF HEALTH CONSUMER GROUPS

  • Lisa A Bero, Lisa ParkerHealth consumer organisations can include groups specific to a particular condition, such as the Heart Foundation, and health system advocacy groups, such as the Consumers Health Forum of Australia. They play an important role in health care in Australia. Consumer organisations raise awareness about diseases and treatments, fund or conduct research on particular topics, and engage in advocacy for regulatory and legislative reforms that benefit consumers. These groups also educate and provide support to people living with a health condition and gain media attention for consumer issues.                      
  • Pharmaceutical industry sponsorship of health consumer groups is common. Since 2013, Medicines Australia has publicly reported the amount of money that member pharmaceutical companies provide to consumer organisations. From 2013 to 2016, companies provided a total of $34,507,810 to 230 Australian health consumer organisations. However, nearly half of these organisations made no mention of industry sponsorship on their websites and fewer than one in five had policies governing sponsorship.1
  • In a US survey of 245 health consumer groups, two-thirds reported pharmaceutical industry sponsorship with about 10% taking over $1 million each.2 Ties may not be only financial – another US study found that 36% of 104 consumer groups had industry executives on their governing boards.3 

    Health consumer groups may derive important benefits from relationships with pharmaceutical companies.4 Financial support enables groups to cover administration costs and pursue activities such as education, research funding and advocacy. In-kind support from companies may help groups to grow their organisation.

    Health consumer groups are confident that they are able to withstand influence from their pharmaceutical company sponsors.5 


    Leer más y fuente: https://www.nps.org.au/australian-prescriber/articles/risky-business-pharmaceutical-industry-sponsorship-of-health-consumer-groups

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