陈立彤按：医药或医疗器械公司以“讲课费”名义向医生提供回扣其实是个老套路。无论在国外还是国内，这种营销手段屡见不鲜，并且涉及很多知名企业比如【此处省略100字】。虽然很多涉案企业因为讲课费带出行贿案遭受了处罚，有的还很严厉，但毕竟由于有些“讲课费”能够带来“高回报”，所以用“讲课费”来输送利益的情况层出不穷。我们就此话题用中文发表了文章 “讲课费”的判别：学术交流还是商业贿赂 ，我们再次用英文就此问题发表文章供贵司的外籍员工参考。
Fees to speakers: academic exchange or commercial bribery
Henry Chen
Giving doctors kickbacks in the form of speaker fees is literally an everyday practice of pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. For the giving of the speakers’ fees, many well-known pharmaceutical companies have been implicated for paying bribes. Although many implicated entities were heavily fined – some were even criminally prosecuted – the “high returns” generated via speaker fees still lure pharmaceutical or medical device companies into continuing giving kickbacks through “speaker fees”.
The trend on law enforcement
Where there is a will, there is a way. At least in China, this year has seen many state regulatory agencies (either local or central) to combat this phenomenon. In June 5 this year, about nine state agencies – including China’s Health Commission and Ministry of Public Security – issued a normative document titled “Key Points for Rectifying Abnormal Practices in Pharmaceutical and Medical Services Market”. This document made strong emphasis on investigating and punishing acts of giving kickbacks in medical field. According to its simultaneously released task allocation table, the State Health Commission – with coordination efforts from other participating agencies – shall take the lead in regulating the way hospitals and businesses interact with each other “academically”.......
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陈立彤律师为中国律师、美国纽约州律师、福特公司前亚太区合规总监；香港国际仲裁中心仲裁员、国际风险与合规协会副会长、国际标准组织ISO技术委员会TC309相关工作组成员，作为中国代表团成员参与制定组织治理、合规管理体系、反贿赂管理体系、法律风险管理等ISO标准并担任中国国家标准《合规管理体系指南》工作组副组长、担任中兴康讯的独董及出口委员会委员；入选司法部“全国千名涉外律师人才名单”，钱伯斯2020亚太榜公司调查/反腐败领域受认可律师。陈立彤律师的邮箱是henry.chen@dentons.cn返回搜狐，查看更多