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• Date posted
  02 December 2018
• Sanction
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• Case number/s
  AUTH/3027/3/18 - Voluntary admission by Sunovion

Sunovion voluntarily admitted its failure to disclose and document its interactions with patient organisations to which it provided financial support and/or significant indirect/non-financial support.
Sunovion was ruled in breach of the following clauses of the Code:

Clause 2 - Bringing discredit upon, and reducing confidence in, the pharmaceutical industry.
Clause 9.1 - Failing to maintain high standards.
Clause 27.7 - Failing to disclose an accurate list of patient organisations to which it provided financial support and/or significant indirect/non-financial support.

The Code of Practice Appeal Board subsequently publicly reprimanded Sunovion for providing inaccurate information to the PMCPA.

The interim case report is available at www.pmcpa.org.uk.

The public reprimand appears on the front cover of the PMCPA November Code of Practice Review.