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. 2024 Apr 1;7(4):e244777.
doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.4777.

Financial Relationships Between Pharmaceutical Companies and Internal Medicine Societies

Anju Murayama  1   2 , Kenichi Higuchi  1 , Yuki Senoo  3
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Financial Relationships Between Pharmaceutical Companies and Internal Medicine Societies

Anju Murayama et al. JAMA Netw Open. .
No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study uses payment data publicly disclosed by pharmaceutical companies affiliated with the Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association to describe their financial relationships with the subspecialty societies of the Japanese Society of Internal Medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: None reported.

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Figure.
Figure.. Payments by Pharmaceutical Companies to Japanese Medical Professional Societies, 2017 to 2021
Pharmaceutical payments were made to 15 Japanese medical societies in internal medicine subspecialties.
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