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For the first time in their 22-year history, vfa companies disclosed how much they paid physicians and other HCW's, medical organizations and medical facilities in June 2016. They sent their data to the "Freiwillige
Selbstkontrolle Arzneimittel" (FSA), which publishes aggregate data together with
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The vfa claims, that with a manufacturer's share of 50 percent of the retail price, Germany ranks at the bottom in the
European comparison. As of 2013 the prescription drug price in Germany consisted of reimbursement to manufacturer (50%), wholesaler (4%), retailing pharmacies (14%) and taxes and
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companies with about 80,000 employees, including the following eight largest global pharmaceutical companies with 2014 pharmaceutical sales in brackets: Novartis (51.3B$ ), Pfizer (44.9B$ ), Sanofi (40B$ ), Roche (37.6B$ ), Merck (36.6B$ ), Johnson&Johnson (36.4B$ ),
196:("German Medicines Manufacturers' Association", BAH), has about 450 company members including traditional pharmaceutical manufacturers of OTC drugs and biotechnological products plus about 150 other members with a business interest in healthcare, such as publishers and
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other non-vfa companies who adhere to voluntary transparency. They planned to continue once a year, with data available for 3 years. In 2015, 71.000 physicians received 575 Million Euros, and only one third agreed to publication of their name.
266:(33.3B$ ) and GlaxoSmithKline (31.5B$ ). Their 2014 sales have decreased due to corporate mergers and patent expiration, according to the vfa. In 2015, there were 265 pharmaceutical companies per The Federal Statistical Office.
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162:. It is the German or
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198:polling organizations
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