Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review entitled First Do No Harm, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure greater transparency of the reporting of research and sponsorship payments made by medical device manufacturers to (a) doctors, (b) teaching hospitals, (c) research institutions and (d) charities; and if he will make a statement.
Answer
The Government’s response to the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review was published on 26 July 2021. The Government accepted in principle the recommendation on the ‘mandatory reporting for the pharmaceutical and medical device industries of payments made to teaching hospitals, research institutions and individual clinicians'. The Department is exploring options in relation to expanding and reinforcing current industry schemes and making reporting mandatory through legislation. We aim to publish an update on progress in summer 2022.