Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/09/08
By S.C. Chang
Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) The APEC Small and Medium Enterprise Working Group meeting in Lima Peru
photo from APEC website
reported a progress Wednesday local time in its efforts to unite health industry stake-holders against unethical conducts.
A press release issued by APEC said health system stakeholders in Peru and Canada have launched landmark collaborative arrangements to strengthen their ethical interactions.
The two countries will effectively address improper inducements and ensure patient interests while providing a foundation for relevant parties elsewhere in the Pacific Rim to build on this progress.
Peru and Canada’s “consensus framework” brings together health agencies, associations, practitioners, hospital groups and patient organizations to jointly develop and adopt codes of ethics, drawing on principles established in APEC for the medical device and biopharmaceutical sectors. [FULL STORY]
