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Irish College of GPs to phase out pharma sponsorship

https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.2024.000064

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    Key learning points

    • Engagement between pharmaceutical companies and prescribers is associated with an adverse effect on prescribing.

    • The Irish College of General Practitioners (GPs) will stop accepting pharmaceutical sponsorship by 2034.

    • The college hopes that other GP organisations and GP practices will start to reduce engagement with the pharmaceutical industry.

    The Irish College of GPs plans to gradually reduce its pharmaceutical industry sponsorship over the next 10 years, aiming to eliminate all sponsorship by 2034.

    Overview

    At its annual general meeting in May, the Irish College of general practitioners (GPs) debated whether to stop accepting sponsorship from the pharmaceutical industry.1 In 2023, pharmaceutical funding made up 0.7% …

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    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.