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Table 5 Distribution of payments across corresponding and non-corresponding JPMA and ABPI payment categories (2018)

From: International comparison of pharmaceutical industry payment disclosures in the UK and Japan: implications for self-regulation, public regulation, and transparency

Payment categories

Organisational-level payments ($)

Individual-level payments ($)

Unclear if organisational- or individual-level payments ($)

Total ($)

ABPI payment categories with corresponding JPMA categories

Donations and grants

35,118,661.84

Fee for Service and consultancy

49,188,377.90

Research and development

493,470,880.71

632,985,775.44 (95.1%)

Contribution to costs of events

39,095,432.05

Contribution to costs of Events

16,112,422.94

  

Total

74,214,093.89

Total

65,300,800.84

Total

493,470,880.71

ABPI payment categories without corresponding JPMA categories

Fee for service and consultancy

25,743,596.09

    

32,747,395.07 (4.9%)

Joint working

7,003,798.98

Total

32,747,395.07

Total – ABPI payment categories

      

665,733,170.53 (100.0%)

JPMA payment categories with corresponding ABPI categories

Scholarship donations (B1)

167,048,419.36

Lecture fees (C1)

211,419,118.67

  

2,589,064,593.79 (86.6%)

General donations (B2)

34,517,905.28

Manuscript writing fee/supervising fees (C2)

8,973,254.30

Donations to academic and other societies (B3)

16,009,256.31

Consulting/commissioning fees (C3),

28,934,543.36

Expenses related to co-sponsored conferences (B4)

76,063,460.47

Others (C)

161,435.24

Research and development (A)

1,276,805,878.76

Expenses for lecture conferences (D1)

769,131,322.85

Total

1,570,444,920.18

Total

1,018,619,673.61

JPMA payment categories without corresponding ABPI categories

Other expenses related to academic research support expenses (B5)

11,203,780.92

Explanation meeting expenses (D2)

275,045,094.56

Other expenses (E)

42,814,875.43

399,561,407.22 (13.4%)

  

Expenses for provision of literature and other products (D3)

69,080,312.81

  

Other Information provision-related expenses (D4)

1,417,343.50

Total

11,203,780.92

Total

345,542,750.87

Total

42,814,875.43

Total – JPMA payment categories

      

2,988,626,001.01 (100.0%)