Only One-fifth Of Japanese Medical Societies Have Conflict Of Interest Guidelines
This article was originally published in PharmAsia News
Executive Summary
TOKYO - In an effort to avert unethical and potentially illegal transactions between medical practitioners and pharmaceutical and medical device companies, Japan's medical societies have been trying to introduce conflict of interest guidelines; yet to date, only about one-fifth of the more than 100 societies have issued such standards, according to an official at the Japanese Association of Medical Societies