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How to make sure your meetings programme is ABPI compliant. |
| Written by Jigsaw Conferences - Pharma Division | ||||
| Wednesday, 14 February 2007 | ||||
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ObjectiveWe ensure all operations related to the provision of venue selection, allocation, costing and all services related to JIGSAW Conferences comply with and are completed efficiently and in line with the ABPI 2006 Code of Practice and the Medicines Regulations 1994 (where applicable).
FREE venue finding service for UK Pharmaceutical Meetings Programme Tel: +44 (0)8700 490004Meetings held and organised by Pharmaceutical companies are an essential way of communicating and evolving scientific research, clinical development and medical education. However, there is always the danger that they can be seen as a blatant attempt to railroad Health Care Professionals into prescribing products by using lavish surroundings and hospitality to influence them.
This is where the ABPI 2006 code of practice comes into its own, specifically clause 19 which deals with the arrangement and holding of HCP meetings within the Pharmaceutical industry. The key requirement being that the main purpose of the meeting should be its content and any hospitality offered during these meetings should not only be secondary but in fact no more than basic subsistence.
How can we work out what would and would not be acceptable? In answering this question, you would need to consider all aspects of the meeting from the venue, timings, hospitality, content (including speakers) and all associated materials ie handouts, stand material and invitations and equally as important, the costs. All of these elements factor in how the end product, the meeting, will be perceived. This is how it would be deemed acceptable or not, the overall impression given from combining all of these elements. Therefore, one of the requirements of the code is that all Pharmaceutical companies have a specific policy dealing with meetings and hospitality. This must be adhered to otherwise companies can find themselves in breach of the code which can ultimately lead to heavy sanctions against the offending company. Pharma Division Breakdown
ObjectiveWe ensure all operations related to the provision of venue selection, allocation, costing and all services related to JIGSAW Conferences comply with and are completed efficiently and in line with the ABPI 2006 Code of Practice and the Medicines Regulations 1994 (where applicable).
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