Between 2017–2019, 116 medical device companies disclosed over €425 million in payments.
A small number of medical device companies accounted for the vast majority of these payments and most payments were to healthcare organisations in a small number of countries.
The database itself was rated as having a range of significant shortcomings such as the limited breadth of recipients, donors, and payment areas covered.
A European wide system of mandatory disclosure for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries addressing these areas should be introduced to address the shortcomings of this database.
Date: 24 April