Can any non-monetary item be provided at meetings?

The supplementary information to Clause 10.5 states: "Pens/pencils and notepads are the only items that can be provided to health professionals and other relevant decision makers for them to keep and then only at bona fide meetings."

For attendees of company organised events/meetings, Clause 10.5 states that such items "must not bear the name of any medicine or any information about medicines" but they may bear the name of the donor company. No individual attendee should receive more than one pen or pencil and one notepad.

For pens/pencils and notepads provided in conference bags at independently organised meetings, Clause 10.6 applies. It states that the pens/pencils and notepads "must not include the name of the donor company, the name of any medicine or any information about medicines". Pens/pencils and notepads must not be given out from exhibition stands.

In both circumstances, the total cost to the donor company of all such items provided to an individual attending an event/meeting must not exceed £6, excluding VAT. The perceived value to the recipient must be similar.