AUTH/2512/6/12: Anonymous v Boehringer Ingelheim (Twitter messages) — No breach (outwith scope)

📅 2012 | 🖉 Dr Anzal Qurbain
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Key facts

Case numberAUTH/2512/6/12
PartiesAnonymous v Boehringer Ingelheim
MaterialTwitter messages
Complaint received13 June 2012
Completed27 July 2012
Applicable Code year2012
OutcomeNo breach; outwith the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice
AppealNo appeal
Case reportNo case report (outwith the scope of the Code)
Clauses citedNot stated
SanctionsNone stated

Reviewed by Dr Anzal Qurbain (FFPM) — ABPI Final Signatory

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What happened

  • An anonymous complainant raised a complaint concerning Twitter messages.
  • The company named in the complaint was Boehringer Ingelheim.
  • The PMCPA assessed whether the matter fell within the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice.
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Outcome

  • No breach.
  • The matter was ruled outwith the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice.
  • No appeal.
  • No case report was published because it was outwith scope.
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