Clause 30 Annual Disclosure of Contracted Services Provided by the Public, Including Patients and Journalists

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Clause 30
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  • Lawful Disclosure

    Companies must ensure that they have appropriate arrangements in place to lawfully disclose information about transfers of value and that recipients are aware of the process for disclosure.

  • Transfers of Value

    Disclosure is required even if the payments, etc. are made by overseas affiliates, head offices in the UK or overseas and UK-based offices.

  • Clause 30 Disclosure of Contracted Services Provided by the Public, Including Patients and Journalists

    The arrangements for such services should meet the requirements of Clause 24.

    Disclosure must be in the first six months in the calendar year following that in which the payments were made. The information which must be disclosed is the total amount paid in a calendar year to the public, including individual patients, journalists and members of the public who have provided services. The total number of individuals must be given. The names of the individuals need not be disclosed. Companies may, of course, give greater detail, for example, by giving separate figures for different categories of service or by providing details of the maximum and minimum payments, etc.

    A template to disclose the information required in relation to the public, etc. is available from the PMCPA website www.pmcpa.org.uk. The use of this template is optional.

    All reasonable steps should be taken by companies to similarly disclose their best estimates of fees paid to UK individuals by overseas affiliates, head offices in the UK or overseas and UK-based European offices.

30.1

Companies must make publicly available annually details of the fees for certain contracted services paid to members of the UK public, including patients and journalists. These services include speaking at meetings, assistance with training, writing articles and/or publications, participating in advisory boards, advising on the design, etc. of clinical trials and participating in market research where such participation involves remuneration and/or travel. The information must be disclosed on the company website.

The disclosure for contracted services provided by members of the public, in accordance with Clause 24, must include:

• the total number of members of the public, including patients and journalists contracted to perform services and the total amount paid per calendar year, and a description of the types of services provided that is sufficiently complete to enable the reader to understand the nature of the services provided without the necessity to divulge confidential information

• companies should provide a breakdown of the total payments to each group of individuals, i.e. the public, patients and journalists without the necessity to divulge confidential information

• fees and expenses should be disclosed separately.

Each company must include a note summarising the methodologies used by it in preparing the disclosures and identifying support and services provided.

  • Clause 30.1 The Public, Including Patients and Journalists, Disclosure Method

    For transfers of value made in 2024 and publicly disclosed in 2025, and for each calendar year thereafter, companies should submit a link via the relevant Disclosure UK gateway. The link should take visitors from Disclosure UK to the public, including patients and journalists, disclosure information published on the company’s website.