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Daiichi-Sankyo cleared of rep misconduct
November 22, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code of Practice, Daiichi Sankyo, Daiichi-Sankyo, Olmetec, PMCPA, olmesartan, pharma sales representative
Daiichi-Sankyo has been cleared of any wrongdoing in relation to the ABPI Code after one of its representatives was accused …
New ABPI Code published
November 17, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 2011 ABPI Code, ABPI, ABPI Code of Practice, PMCPA, pharma marketing, pharma sales
The ABPI has published the 2011 version of its Code of Practice for UK pharmaceutical companies, with copies now available …
Value-based pricing no ‘magic bullet’ – ABPI
November 16, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, Dr Richard Barker, NHS drug sales, PPRS, UK medicines pricing, value-based pricing
UK pharma association the ABPI has warned that the government’s planned value-based pricing system for medicines will not necessarily save …
ABPI appoints communications director
November 11, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Amanda Callaghan, Royal College of Nursing, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
UK industry body the ABPI has appointed Amanda Callaghan director of corporate communications. She starts the role on 31 January …
Bayer faces ABPI audit after “shocking” Levitra error
November 5, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code of Practice, Bayer, PMCPA
Bayer has been accused of a “shocking error of judgement” after promotional material for its erectile dysfunction brand Levitra (vardenafil) …
UK pharma to declare doctor payments
November 4, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, ABPI Code of Practice, advisory boards, healthcare professionals, pharma industry standards
Pharma companies in the UK have agreed to restrict their promotional giveaways and to declare payments to doctors. Another common …
‘Therapeutic clusters’ collaboration launched
November 2, 2010Research and Development ABPI, BIA, Immunology Initiative, Medical Research Council, Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health and Research, Therapeutic Capability Clusters’, UCB, therapeutic clusters
Two initiatives linking the pharma industry and government-funded research and academia are to go ahead, with the aim of reviving …
Relief as life sciences spared in UK cutbacks
November 1, 2010Research and Development ABPI, Comprehensive Spending Review, Diamond Synchrotron, UK Centre for Medical Research Innovation, UKCMRI, government, science funding
UK government funding for life sciences R&D has been spared from the deep cuts some had feared. Many in the …
GSK cleared of unethical practices by PMCPA
October 22, 2010Medical Communications ABPI, ABPI Code of Practice, Avamys, GSK, GlaxoSmithKline, PMCPA, Rupafin, Seretide
GlaxoSmithKline has been found guilty of two transgressions of the ABPI Code of Practice in a case centring on the …
NICE needs narrower focus, says ABPI
October 20, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, NICE, value
NICE’s remit should be changed to give it a greater focus on the value of innovation, according to UK pharma …
ABPI’s Barker to step down
October 11, 2010Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment, sales and marketing
ABPI director general Dr Richard Barker is to step down in 2011 after six years at the helm of the …
Outdated HRT website breaches Code
September 22, 2010Medical Communications ABPI, Code of Practice, PMCPA, Pfizer, Wyeth
A website which contained outdated information about the risk of using hormone replacement therapy has been found in breach of …
Plans for greater transparency with KOLs
August 6, 2010Medical Communications ABPI, BMA, Code of Practice, KOL, MHRA, PMCPA
Pharmaceutical companies in the UK will have to declare the amount of money paid to its healthcare professionals who act …
New ABPI Code for 2011
July 2, 2010Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Code of Practice, nhs partnerships
New guidance on the way pharma companies should approach marketing themselves to doctors are among the key changes in a …
ABPI appoints former AZ innovation head
June 17, 2010Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, appointment, research and development, sales and marketing
UK industry association the ABPI has appointed Carol Blount as its new head of commercial affairs. Carol has more than …
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