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Mar 2026
2021 Code Besins Healthcare

AUTH/3797/7/23: Complainant v Besins Healthcare — alleged disguised promotion on Besins Hormone Academy website (No breach)

Complaint alleged Besins Hormone Academy webpages were disguised promotion. Panel found it was clearly a Besins HCP site with PI link and…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code Ethypharm

AUTH/3804/7/23: Health professionals v Ethypharm — conduct of a representative (no breach)

NHS Health Board HCPs alleged an Ethypharm representative made unannounced visits and shared factually incorrect information about blocked prefilled syringes. Panel ruled…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code GlaxoSmithKline

AUTH/3875/02/24: LinkedIn post mentioning Arexvy in financial results video (No breach)

GSK was complained about after a senior leader mentioned “Arexvy” once in a LinkedIn video tied to FY2023 results. Panel found the…

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Mar 2026
2019 Code Ipsen Clause 9.1 Clause 16.3

Ipsen voluntary admission: employee promoted to HCPs in Northern Ireland without verified ABPI representative exam (AUTH/3839/10/23)

Ipsen admitted an employee in a promotional role in Northern Ireland had no verified ABPI representative exam on file. PMCPA ruled breaches…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code GSK Clause 5.1 Clause 6.1

GSK breached ABPI Code over Zejula AE management webpage that omitted discontinuation scenarios

PMCPA ruled GSK’s Zejula “PRIMA AE management” webpage misleading for implying AEs could be managed by dose interruption/modification without highlighting when SmPC…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code GSK

AUTH/3818/9/23: Complainant v GSK — Allegations about a webpage (outwith scope of the Code)

PMCPA recorded a complaint about a GSK webpage. The case was concluded as outwith the scope of the ABPI Code of Practice,…

08
Mar 2026
2021 Code Moderna

AUTH/3789/7/23: Complainant v Moderna — e-consent proposal and proactive scientific communications (No breach)

Complaint about a regional e-consent proposal and alleged proactive sharing of preprint data/off-label risk. Panel found the complainant provided limited evidence and…

08
Mar 2026
2021 Code Stirling Anglian Clause 12

AUTH/3816/7/23: Stirling Anglian breached Clause 12.9 after omitting adverse event reporting statement from Acepiro banner ad

Acepiro (acetylcysteine) banner ad on a learned society homepage lacked the required adverse event reporting statement within the ad itself. Linking to…

08
Mar 2026
2021 Code GSK Clause 5.1 Clause 26.1

GSK: UK employees’ LinkedIn ‘likes’ brought global Jemperli post into scope and amounted to POM promotion to the public (AUTH/3810/8/23)

Two UK-based GSK employees ‘liked’ a LinkedIn post about US FDA approval for Jemperli + chemotherapy. Panel ruled this brought the post…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code AstraZeneca Clause 3.2 Clause 5.1 Clause 5.2 Clause 26.1

AstraZeneca: employees’ LinkedIn ‘likes’ treated as advertising a POM to the public (Tagrisso) (AUTH/3813/8/23)

Three UK AstraZeneca employees ‘liked’ a third‑party LinkedIn post about pre-clinical osimertinib resistance reversal. PMCPA said the likes disseminated favourable content to…

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Mar 2026
2024 Code AstraZeneca

AUTH/3870/1/24: Complainant v AstraZeneca — Allegations about clinical trial material (Out of scope)

PMCPA case AUTH/3870/1/24 against AstraZeneca concerned allegations about clinical trial material. The matter was found outwith the scope of the ABPI Code;…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code GSK Clause 5.1 Clause 6.1 Clause 6.2

GSK breached ABPI Code over ambiguous Trelegy exacerbation-reduction claim on HCP website (AUTH/3781/6/23)

GSK’s GSK.pro page claimed Trelegy had greater exacerbation reduction vs “another” triple therapy without naming the comparator. Panel found the headline implied…

08
Mar 2026
2021 Code GlaxoSmithKline

GSK: “Trevor trusts Trelegy” website claim ruled misleading and unsubstantiated (AUTH/3785/6/23)

PMCPA found GSK’s “Trevor trusts Trelegy” claim on an HCP website was ambiguous, misleading and not capable of substantiation. Related video phrase…

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Mar 2026
2024 Code AstraZeneca

AUTH/3870/1/24: Complainant v AstraZeneca — Allegations about clinical trial material (Out of scope)

PMCPA case AUTH/3870/1/24 against AstraZeneca concerned allegations about clinical trial material. The matter was found outwith the scope of the ABPI Code:…

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Mar 2026
2021 Code AstraZeneca Clause 2 Clause 3 Clause 9 Clause 26

AstraZeneca: senior UK-based employees’ LinkedIn ‘likes’ treated as promotional dissemination to the public (AUTH/3774/6/23)

Senior UK-based AstraZeneca employees ‘liked’ LinkedIn posts about Imfinzi combinations and trial results. The Panel found promotion to the public, pre-authorisation promotion,…

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