Transparency Guidelines for Relationships between Corporate Activities and Medical Institutions Q3. What expenses do pharmaceutical companies pay to medical institutions and physicians?
Answer
Pharmaceutical companies pay research and development expenses, academic research grants, manuscript writing fees, information provision-related expenses, and other expenses, which are disclosed to the public.
Research and development expenses (expenses for research and development of ethical drugs and post-marketing drug development), academic research grant expenses (scholarship donations, general donations, donations from academic societies, and expenses for co-sponsoring academic societies), and manuscript writing fees (expenses for lectures and manuscript writing to provide information on medical and pharmaceutical sciences, etc., and for requests for consulting services), Information provision expenses (expenses for lectures, information meetings, etc. to provide information on medical and pharmaceutical sciences to medical professionals), and other expenses (expenses for social courtesies, etc.) are paid and disclosed to the public.