Pharmaceutical company payments to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for 2024

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry [ABPI] operates a Register called: This is where you can search payments made by industry to healthcare practitioners [HCPs] and healthcare organisations [HPOs]. … Continue reading Pharmaceutical company payments to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for 2024

‘Moving towards zero tolerance’

BMJ, 19 November 2024: Response by Amit Aggarwal, Executive Director Medical Affairs & Strategic Partnerships, The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI): Dr Peter J Gordon and Dr Sian … Continue reading ‘Moving towards zero tolerance’

Publicly reprimanded

The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) is the self-regulatory body which administers the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry: PMCPA … Continue reading Publicly reprimanded

The ABPI code ‘did not apply here’

I have submitted the following response to this recent BMJ article: Government consults on legislation to disclose industry payments to doctors: Dear Editor, In 2018 Dr Margaret McCartney set this … Continue reading The ABPI code ‘did not apply here’

“doctors pushing new drugs . . .”

This Special Investigation by John Naish is from today’s Daily Mail:

Exposure to industry promotional activity can lead to doctors recommending worse treatments for patients

This is my BMJ Rapid Response, of the 6th January 2018 to Mike Thompson, CEO of the ABPI. [Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry] I share Mike Thompson’s disappointment in some aspects … Continue reading Exposure to industry promotional activity can lead to doctors recommending worse treatments for patients

“Packaging up old myths”

Last week the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) held its Annual Conference: The Pharmaceutical Industry are concerned about an “affordability conundrum”: This BBC Report from November 2014: “Pharmaceutical Industry … Continue reading “Packaging up old myths”