The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) is responsible for administering The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s (ABPI) Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry at arm’s length from the ABPI.
The Code covers:
- the promotion of medicines for prescribing to health professionals
- the provision of information to the public about prescription only medicines in the UK.
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Latest News
10 May 2012
Proposals to amend the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry have been sent to companies and published on the PMCPA website.
The proposed amendments result from changes to the Code of Practice of the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers and Associations (IFPMA) and to UK law.
As a member of IFPMA, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is obliged to bring its Code into line with that of IFPMA. UK law relating to medicines is currently being amended and consolid...
Latest Advice
Following a number of recent cases the PMCPA has issued guidance on the application of Clause 3 of the Code to various activities.
The guidance cov...
The Bribery Act comes into effect on 1 July 2011. The ABPI and the PMCPA have been liaising with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to present the perspe...
The PMCPA has moved offices from 12 Whitehall to 7th Floor, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT. All correspondence should be directed acc...
