News

PMCPA News

Press releases appear below, filter by date.

Solvay Healthcare Limited, Pfizer Limited and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals UK, Limited named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Solvay Healthcare Limited, Pfizer Limited and Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals UK, Limited have each breached the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
To highlight these breaches, all are the subjects of advertisements in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing press. In addition Solvay has been publicly reprimanded.

Press release: 06 April 2010
PMCPA publishes public consultation on proposed amendments to the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) has now published its public consultation on proposed amendments to the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.

Press release: 08 May 2010
Astellas Pharma named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Astellas Pharma named in advertisements following breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice.

Press release: 01 July 2010
ProStrakan Group plc, Cephalon UK Limited and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

ProStrakan Group plc, Cephalon UK Limited and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare have each breached the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry.
​To highlight these breaches, all are the subject of advertisements in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing press.

Press release: 18 August 2010
Novo Nordisk Limited, Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Grunenthal Ltd and Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Novo Nordisk Limited, Eli Lilly and Company Limited, Grünenthal Ltd and Napp Pharmaceuticals Limited have each breached the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry. 

Press release: 14 December 2010
Allergan Limited and Cephalon (UK) Limited named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Allergan Limited and Cephalon (UK) Limited have each breached the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry. To highlight these breaches, both are the subject of advertisements in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing press.

Press release: 23 March 2011
Chiesi Limited, Eli Lilly and Company Limited and Bayer Healthcare named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Chiesi Limited, Eli Lilly and Company Limited and Bayer Healthcare have each breached Clause 2 of the ABPI Code of Practice. Bayer Schering Pharma has been publicly reprimanded.

 

Press release: 27 May 2011
Bayer Healthcare named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Bayer Healthcare has breached Clause 2 of the ABPI Code of Practice and is the subject of advertisements in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing press.

Press release: 16 August 2011
Boehringer Ingelheim Limited named in advertisements for breaches of the ABPI Code of Practice

Bayer Healthcare has breached Clause 2 of the ABPI Code of Practice and is the subject of advertisements in the medical, pharmaceutical and nursing press.

Press release: 16 August 2011
Amendment of the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2011

Proposals to amend the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry were agreed by the ABPI on 3 November 2011.

Press release: 07 November 2011
ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2012
The ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2012 is available to download from the PMCPA website. 

​The 2012 Code will come into effect on 1 January 2012 with a transitional period between 1 January 2012 and 30 April 2012. During this time no promotional material or activity will be regarded as being in breach of the Code if it fails to comply with its provisions only because of newly introduced requirements.

There are different transitional provisions for Clauses 17.2 and 23.8. Details are given in the supplementary information for those clauses.

Press release: 01 January 2012
Consultation on proposals to amend the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry 2012

Proposals to amend the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry have been sent to companies and published on the PMCPA website. 

Press release: 12 May 2012
About 154 result(s)