ABPI Code
Regulation of drug promotion ‘should be toughened up’, study finds
January 29, 2016Medical Communications ABPI Code, Department of Justice, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, Sunshine Act, marketing, off label, off-label, promotion
The voluntary code of conduct system that regulates the pharma industry’s promotion of off-label prescribing has a ‘limited capacity’ to …
Astellas investigated for ‘misleading’ PMCPA during ABPI code complaint
December 18, 2015Medical Communications ABPI Code, Astellas, Astellas Pharma Europe, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority
The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority is investigating Astellas for deliberately providing an ‘incomplete and misleading’ response to a …
Pharma company accused of ‘bribing’ prescribers slammed by PMCPA
December 17, 2015Medical Communications ABPI Code, Daily Telegraph, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, Stirling Anglian
Stirling Anglian, the company at the centre of media criticism for arranging meetings at lavish hotels in an attempt to …
PMPCA rules on multiple pharma code breaches
September 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code, PMCPA, Prescriptions Medicine Code of Practice Authority
The industry’s code of conduct regulator has ruled on several alleged breaches of the ABPI code of pharmaceutical conduct by …
ABPI consulting on Code of Conduct changes
July 31, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, code of conduct
The division of the ABPI that sets rules governing industry behaviour is consulting on changes to reflect new rules on …
Chugai falls foul of ABPI code for close consultant relationship
July 17, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, Chugai, PMCPA, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority
Bosses at Chugai have been rapped by the industry’s code of practice regulator, after a senior manager failed to declare …
UK pharma made £41 million in doctor payments
July 16, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code, doctor payments
The pharma industry made £41m in payments to doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals in the UK in 2014, the …
Astellas in ‘unacceptable’ Xtandi ABPI code breach
July 3, 2015Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, Astella, PMCPA, Xtandi
The industry code of conduct regulator has singled out Astellas for ‘particular censure’ for arranging a meeting for UK healthcare …
Bayer guilty of multiple Code breaches
July 30, 2012Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, Bayer, Xarelto, breach, clause
Bayer Healthcare has admitted to 12 breaches of the ABPI Code after one of its staff developed and distributed drug …
Trajenta article lands Boehringer in hot water
March 19, 2012Sales and Marketing ABPI Code, PMCPA, Trajenta, breach, diabetes
Boehringer Ingelheim has been publicly reprimanded for multiple breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice. In total the manufacturer fell …
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