{"id":2780,"date":"2008-09-26T14:04:56","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/index.php\/2008\/09\/26\/physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T14:27:06","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T13:27:06","slug":"physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.covalence.ch\/index.php\/2008\/09\/26\/physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Payment Sunshine: Merck Joins the Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2008\/09\/physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"080926_merck1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/080926_merck1.jpg\" title=\"080926_merck1.jpg\" alt=\"080926_merck1.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">In a move to give the public more transparency around physician payments and grants Merck announced that starting in October 2008,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Merck will be posting their grants (including CME, patient and Medical Specialty Society Grants) on their home page www.merck.com;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">in 2009 they will be disclosing payments to physicians who speak on their behalf;<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 7pt; font-family: Arial\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">and also in October they will publish the results of their studies regardless of the outcome on www.clinicaltrials.gov and www.clinicalstudyresults.org.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clincaltrials.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: windowtext\"><\/span><\/a> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clincaltrials.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial\"><\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clincaltrials.gov\/\"><span style=\"color: windowtext\"><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\">This move shows that Merck is committed to adopt industry leading standards of transparency. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial\">Image source: ct.gov. &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2008\/09\/physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act.html\" target=\"_blank\">Continue<\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>News selected by Covalence <span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\">| Country: <\/span>Global<span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"><\/span><span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"> | Company: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; font-family: Arial\" lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicalquote.com\/newTemplate\/index.php\/ethicalquote\/?value=8\">Merck &amp; Co<\/a><span class=\"LinkBlueTransMedium\"> | <\/span>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.policymed.com\/2008\/09\/physician-payment-sunshine-merck-joins-the-act.html\" target=\"_blank\">Policy and Medicine<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move to give the public more transparency around physician payments and grants Merck announced that starting in October 2008, Merck will be posting their grants (including CME, patient and Medical Specialty Society Grants) on their home page www.merck.com; 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