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> The research team points out that while some may see the practice of being paid to endorse drugs as unethical, it is not illegal and does not affect licensing
by arp242 2y ago
> The research team points out that while some may see the practice of being paid to endorse drugs as unethical, it is not illegal and does not affect licensing.
Does the US have no transparency laws for this? As in: "if you promote a product, then you must disclose if you're paid for it"?
Even for things like "sponsored posts" on Instagram this is required; e.g. from the FTC: "Do you work with brands to recommend or endorse products? If so, you need to comply with the law when making these recommendations. One key is to make a good disclosure of your relationship to the brand." https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-101-social-media-influencers https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/disclosures-...
That must also apply to drugs? Some Open Payments website seems incredibly untransparent, and wouldn't comply with the social media transparency requirements as I read that FTC page.
Surely the rules for Instagram tat can't be more strict than drugs?
- Jensson 2y agoImagine if doctors had to say if the drug company paid him to prescribe the drug when he prescribes a drug for you?
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- MrJohz 2y agoThat seems like it would make sense though, wouldn't it? To it's important information that you, the patient, need to understand before you can make an informed decision about whether or not the medicine being given to you is the best option for you. Otherwise you can't know if a recommendation from your doctor means they've genuinely considered all the options and chosen the best one, or just that one company paid them the most money.
- s1artibartfast 2y agoThat is already illegal.
- trimethylpurine 2y agoI think you're right. Same as everywhere else, legality and enforcement are at odds. US isn't special in that regard.
- nradov 2y agoYes, the US has transparency laws. You can find all the payments listed here. https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/
- arp242 2y agoTo repeat: "Some Open Payments website seems incredibly untransparent, and wouldn't comply with the social media transparency requirements as I read that FTC page."
- nradov 2y agoI don't understand your point. All of the data is right there.
- arp242 2y agoDid you read that FTC page? Do you think it's compliant to just fill in something on some website? So your argument is that the rules for Instagram tat are more strict than the rules for drugs? Maybe they are, I don't know. But seems rather undesirable, because how many people are going to look up some doctor's name in some website most people don't even know exists? This seems a classic "pretend to be doing something while not actually doing something" type of non-solution.
- jlund-molfese 2y agoIt’s a business opportunity! I’d love it if my insurance provider notified me about possible conflicts of interest from doctors as soon as they received bills from them Bundle it with a service that lets me schedule doctors’ appointments without phone calls, and I’d pay for it out of pocket
- boopdewoop 2y agoSocial Media is only required to do that because of the EU. the US have no laws that require this.
- arp242 2y agoAs I read that FTC page and various other pages it links, it's very much a MUST and not a SHOULD.