Germany's doc payment transparency effort relies on honesty

Fierce Pharma ------- In the U.S., the Open Payments database lays out pharma's payments to doctors for all to see. In Germany, where disclosure isn't mandated as it is in the U.S., a nonprofit is trying transparency based on the honor system. German doctors will be able to voluntarily disclose contributions from pharma in a database compiled by the nonprofit journalism organization Correctiv, according to Germany’s DW. About 71,000 doctors in the country received €575 million in cash or in-kind contributions from the drug industry last year, a Correctiv investigation found in December. To learn more click on the picture below to read the article.