Friday 24 May 2019

Big pharma poured £57m into UK patient charities which could influence NHS drug decision makers, report finds

Big pharma poured £57m into UK patient charities which could influence NHS drug decision makers, report finds Drug companies poured £57m into UK patient groups who research and lobby for new treatments into specific conditions – in many cases the same drugs being marketed by their donors.

An investigation by Bath University researchers into donations by big pharma and other industry bodies found the number of donations between 2014 and 2016 rose by a third and the value more than doubled. The Independent

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