ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has banned firms from sponsoring doctors and hospital personnel on foreign tours, ARY News said on Monday.
The National Institute of Health (NIH), in a letter sent to federally run institutions, has prohibited doctors and hospital workers from taking foreign trips financed by pharmaceutical corporations.
“Iam directed to refer to the subject cited above and to say that in future all requests of Ex-Pakistan leave forwarded to this Ministry shall be accompanied by an affidavit by the concerned officers that their foreign visits are not for attending conferences/seminars and that the visit is not sponsored by any private company/donor etc,” the National Institutes of Health (NIH) letter read.
Separately, the Drug Regulation Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) recently issued a new code of conduct for pharmaceutical companies and doctors
