Clause 31 Timings, Duration and Retention of Disclosure Information

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Clause 31

31.1
31.2
31.3

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31.1

(24.4) Disclosures must be made annually in respect of each calendar year and must be in the first six months after the end of the calendar year in which the transfers of value/payments were made.

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Clause 31.1 (New) Date of Implementation for Disclosure of Contracted Services Provided by the Public, Including Patients and Journalists
The information required by Clause 30 must be publicly disclosed annually in respect of transfers of value made in 2022 and each calendar year thereafter.

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Please check the date of the Code that applies to the Case that you are looking at. The date of the complaint may vary from the activity/material alleged to have been in breach.

AUTH/3763/4/23 - Health professionals v Novo Nordisk Breach: 9.1, 24.4, 5.1, 5.5, 28.1, 31.1 No breach: 19.2, 24.1, 24.8, 24.9, 5.1, 10.9, 12.1, 26.1, 28.1, 28.4, 28.5 Applicable Code: 2021 Received: 26 April 2023 Completed: 21 June 2024 AUTH/3847/11/23 - Voluntary admission by Novo Nordisk Breach: 2, 9.1, 23.2, 24.1, 24.4, 27.7, 27.8, 2, 5.1, 24.4, 24.6, 28.1, 29.1, 29.2, 30.1, 31.1 No breach: 23.4, 24.4, 24.6 Applicable Code: 2021 Received: 03 November 2023 Completed: 24 April 2024 AUTH/3680/8/22 - Voluntary admission by Astellas Breach: 24.1, 24.4, 27.7, 5.1, 28.1, 31.1, 29.1 No breach: 2 Applicable Code: 2021 Received: 04 August 2022 Completed: 18 July 2023

What should pharmaceutical companies do if cross-border payments have not been provided by affiliates by end of March?

31.2

(24.5) The information disclosed must remain in the public domain for at least three years from the time of first disclosure.

31.3

(24.6) Companies must document all disclosures and retain the records for at least five years after the end of the calendar year to which they relate.