30 doctors in 9 states under scrutiny in Rs 2 crore AbbVie-sponsored foreign trip case
Thirty doctors across nine Indian states are under investigation for allegedly accepting luxury foreign trips funded by the pharmaceutical company AbbVie. Despite the National Medical Commission's directives, several state medical councils have failed to report on disciplinary actions taken against the implicated physicians.
Why it matters
This case highlights significant ethical concerns regarding the influence of pharmaceutical companies on medical practitioners and the lack of accountability within state-level medical regulatory bodies.
30 docs from 9 states guilty of taking pharma company junket, no action yet by 6 state medical councils | India News - The Times of India
The article reports on factual developments from an RTI application and official NMC communications without injecting editorial opinion.
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