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UK pharma commits at least ‘one code breach a week’

February 18, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, AstraZeneca, Bayer, Eli Lilly, GSK, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, PMCPA, Pfizer, code

Pharma companies commit unethical marketing practices on average more than once a week in the UK academic analysis has found. …

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Boehringer and Sanofi admit to code breaches

February 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Boehringer, PMCPA, Sanofi, afatinib, giotrif

Sanofi and Boehringer Ingelheim have both admitted to breaching the ABPI Code of Practice, with Sanofi set to be publicly …

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GSK double complaint ruled out by PMCPA

January 16, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, COPD, GSK, PMCPA, Relvar, Seretide

Complaints questioning the promotion of two of GlaxoSmithKline’s chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) drugs have been ruled out by a …

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Boehringer complaint ruled out by PMCPA

January 15, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Boehringer, COPD, PMCPA, Striverdi, olodaterol

A complaint made by a pharmacist stating that the artwork image for Boehringer Ingelheim’s COPD drug Striverdi is misleading has …

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Merck and Galderma breach ABPI code

December 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Erbitux, Galderma, PMCPA, merch

Merck Serono and Galderma will be named in advertisements as guilty of the most serious breach of the ABPI Code …

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Galderma earns wrath of PMCPA in unprecedented case

October 7, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Azzalure, Galderma, PMCPA, Pliaglis, UK, code of practise

Galderma has sensationally pulled out of the UK’s good conduct pact after the watchdog overseeing the ABPI Code found ‘extremely …

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Pharma and Twitter: a happy marriage or time for a divorce?

September 22, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Facebook, PMCPA, Twitter, digital, pharma, social media

There has been a phenomenal rise in the use and scale of social media over the past decade, from the …

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Servier slammed over UK trial transparency failure

September 8, 2014
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing ABPI, PMCPA, Servier, code, conduct, transparancy, trials

Servier has been found guilty of the most serious breach of the UK’s pharma code of conduct after failing to …

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PMCPA raps Pharmaxis

June 16, 2014
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing ABPI, CML, PMCPA, pharmaxis

Pharmaxis Pharmaceuticals has been given the most severe punishment that the PMCPA can hand out following a series of breaches …

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Novo cleared in complaints case

June 5, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, NHS, Novo Nordisk, PMCPA, complaints

Novo Nordisk has been cleared completely of any wrongdoing over a complaint about three of its employees in relation to …

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Merck Serono rapped over hospitality

May 23, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Merck KGaA, Merck Serono, PMCPA

The use of ‘extravagant’ dinners and ‘excessive alcohol’ has landed Merck Serono in hot water with the PMCPA as it’s …

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Allergan reprimanded over Botox promotion

March 19, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Allergan, Botox, Galderma, PMCPA, vistabel

Allergan has been found guilty of breaching six clauses of the ABPI’s Code of Practice over its market research for …

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Pharma sponsored ‘weekend family gathering’

February 21, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, Facebook, PMCPA

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Six Code breaches for HRA Pharma

February 6, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing ABPI, HRA Pharma, PMCPA, code, ella one

HRA Pharma has been slammed by the PMCPA after breaching six clauses of the ABPI Code of Practice in its …

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Chiesi publicly reprimanded

December 13, 2013
Sales and Marketing ABPI, Chiesi, PMCPA, fostair

Chiesi has had the book thrown at it by the PMCPA and faces the shame of a public reprimand – …

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