FAQ 4. What is not made public?

Anything that is not listed under FAQ 3.

The following exceptions are mentioned in the Sunshine Act (Art. 41, §3, Sunshine Act):

• Gifts of negligible value related to the practice of the profession (already governed by strict legal and/or ethical provisions);
• Meals and beverages offered as part of scientific events (already governed by strict legal and/or ethical provisions);
• The economic margins and discounts that are part of the usual purchases and sales of medicinal products or medical devices by a company subject to notification or between the latter and a beneficiary (this concerns the purely commercial aspect between the players in the healthcare sector, which is not consistent with the objective of the transparency);
• Drug samples.