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Panorama: Who's Paying Your Doctor?

17/04/2014 GMT

Who's Paying Your Doctor?

BBC News - Panorama, Who's Paying Your Doctor?

An investigation into the tactics employed by drug companies in Britain.

With the NHS drug bill topping 10 billion pounds in 2013, this investigation examines the tactics employed by drug companies to tap into that lucrative British market.

The NHS drug bill topped 10 billion pounds ast year. This investigation examines the tactics employed by drug companies to tap into that lucrative market and influence which medicines your doctor prescribes. Strict rules govern drug company spending in the UK but still they pay out millions to doctors to attend and speak at conferences. Panorama goes undercover to see this subtle persuasion at work and asks whether you should have the right to know who's paying your doctor. And as Britain's most profitable drug company, GlaxoSmithKline, waits to hear whether it will face criminal charges following allegations of bribery in China, the programme reveals new evidence that GSK was recently paying doctors to boost prescriptions much closer to home, in Europe.

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