TY - JOUR AU - Lieb, Klaus; Koch, Cora TI - Auch zu Weihnachten keine Geschenke! T2 - Über den Einfluss von Zuwendungen der pharmazeutischen Industrie auf das ärztliche Verschreibungsverhalten TT - There is no Season for Gifts SN - 0012-0472 SN - 1439-4413 PY - 2017 JO - Dtsch Med Wochenschr JF - DMW - Deutsche Medizinische Wochenschrift LA - DE VL - 142 IS - 25 SP - 1949 EP - 1953 DA - 2017/12/14 KW - Interessenkonflikte KW - Pharmazeutische Industrie KW - Unabhängigkeit KW - Korruption KW - ärztliche Fortbildung AB - Gifts and payments from pharmaceutical manufacturers to medical doctors constitute a conflict of interest, which may lead to an undue influence on prescribing behavior. In Germany, 35 research-based pharmaceutical companies, organized in the “Verband der forschenden Arzneimittelhersteller (VfA)” paid € 562 million to medical doctors and hospitals in 2016. Of these, € 356 million were paid for clinical trials and non-interventional studies, € 105 million for sponsored presentations and CME and € 101 million went to hospitals and other organizations for sponsoring, consulting and events. This article gives a short review on the different kinds of interactions, discusses psychological mechanisms and legal aspects of accepting gifts and recommends not to accept any gifts and donations from pharmaceutical companies to avoid undue influences on prescribing behavior. There are many ways to keep up to date using independent sources of information, and independent CME-events are growing in number – examples are given. PB - © Georg Thieme Verlag KG DO - 10.1055/s-0043-120838 UR - http://www.thieme-connect.de/products/ejournals/abstract/10.1055/s-0043-120838 ER -