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The sunshine rules in Portugal
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The sunshine rules in Portugal
by Ana Menéres, SRS Advogados
This article examines the background, implementation and practicalities of new transparency rules, also known as "sunshine rules", introduced into Portuguese law in 2013 for the pharmaceutical industry. The sunshine rules ensure that all payments made by pharmaceutical companies to healthcare professionals and others in the healthcare sector, are registered and visible. The article also considers the wider impact of transparency rules in other related sectors, as well as the precedent that was set by the US, with its original sunshine rules for the pharmaceutical sector.
This article is part of the Practical Law multi-jurisdictional guide to life sciences. For a full list of jurisdictional Q&As visit www.practicallaw.com/lifesciences-mjg.
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