The National Medical Commission (NMC) of India has recently published a set of guidelines for registered medical practitioners on various aspects of professional conduct. We are summarizing these guidelines as a series of articles. This article focuses on NMC’s guidelines banning doctors from attending pharma-sponsored conferences.
The Guidelines Registered medical practitioners (RMPs) and their families must not accept any gifts, cash or monetary grants, travel allowances/facilities, hospitality, consultancy fees or honorariums, or entertainment/recreation access from pharmaceutical companies, medical device companies, commercial healthcare establishments, corporate hospitals, or their representatives under any pretext. However, this rule excludes the salaries and benefits that RMPs may receive as employees of these organizations. RMPs should not be involved in third-party…
