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Daiichi-Sankyo cleared of rep misconduct

November 22, 2010
Medical 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 …

2011 ABPI Code of Practice

New ABPI Code published

November 17, 2010
Medical 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 …

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Value-based pricing no ‘magic bullet’ – ABPI

November 16, 2010
Sales 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 …

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ABPI appoints communications director

November 11, 2010
Research 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 …

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Bayer faces ABPI audit after “shocking” Levitra error

November 5, 2010
Medical 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) …

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UK pharma to declare doctor payments

November 4, 2010
Medical 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, 2010
Research 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, 2010
Research 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, 2010
Medical 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 …

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NICE needs narrower focus, says ABPI

October 20, 2010
Sales 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, 2010
Sales 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, 2010
Medical 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, 2010
Medical 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 …

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New ABPI Code for 2011

July 2, 2010
Medical 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, 2010
Research 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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