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2021
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AUTH/3459/1/21 Napp Pharmaceuticals ⭐ Case of the Week

AUTH/3459/1/21: Complainant v Napp β€” Invokana webcast advertisement (No breach)

Napp was accused of off-licence renoprotection claims and missing renal dosing/adult-only info in an Invokana webcast ad. Panel found the page linked…

2019
CASE
Sanofi

Sanofi breached ABPI Code over misleading β€œfewer prescriptions” claim for Toujeo DoubleStar in virtual promo meeting

Sanofi’s Toujeo DoubleStar slide deck claimed β€œfewer prescriptions”, a claim it had already agreed was unsubstantiated. PMCPA ruled it misleading and found…

2020
CASE
AUTH/3406/10/20 Chiesi

AUTH/3406/10/20: Anonymous complainant v Chiesi – respiratory website (appeal upheld; no breach)

Complaint about Chiesi’s respiratory website: alleged public advertising of POMs, weak HCP gating, vague β€œcarer” wording, out-of-date videos and disparaging Nexthaler comments.…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3480/3/21 GlaxoSmithKline

GSK breach of undertaking found after repeat digital banner legibility failures (AUTH/3480/3/21)

A HCP alleged GSK repeatedly breached the same Code clause and therefore breached an earlier undertaking. The Panel ruled a breach of…

2020
CASE
AUTH/3430/11/20 AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca: LinkedIn post and β€˜likes’ held to promote unlicensed Covid-19 vaccine (AUTH/3430/11/20)

A senior AstraZeneca global employee posted a LinkedIn update linking to a vaccine efficacy press release pre-authorisation. UK employees β€˜liked’ it, amplifying…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3501/4/21 Leo ⭐ Case of the Week

LEO Pharma: Protopic β€˜At a glance’ HCP webpage – misleading maintenance-therapy graph and sun-exposure imagery (AUTH/3501/4/21)

LEO’s Protopic HCP webpage breached the Code for an image implying no need for sun precautions and for a maintenance-therapy flare-delay graph…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3530/7/21 AbbVie

AbbVie: internal emails seen as endorsing β€˜strategic loitering’ to access hospital HCPs (AUTH/3530/7/21)

Employee complaint about field-force instructions during Covid. Panel found a rep’s hospital-access email and a manager’s team-wide response fell below standards, breaching…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3574/11/21 GW Pharmaceuticals

AUTH/3574/11/21: Health Professional v GW Pharmaceuticals (No breach – alleged promotion to the public at conference stand)

Anonymous HCP alleged GW promoted medicines/pipeline to patients/public at a ketogenic diet symposium. Panel found no evidence of public exposure or medicine…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3606/1/22 Accord

AUTH/3606/1/22: Health professional v Accord β€” Sixmo campaign imagery (puppets) and market research feedback (No breach)

A health professional said Sixmo materials depicting patients as puppets were derogatory and ignored market research feedback. PMCPA found the campaign unlikely…

2023
CASE
AUTH/3737/2/23 Novo Nordisk

Novo Nordisk breached ABPI Code over Saxenda leavepiece: missing β€˜stopping rule’, PI inconsistency and 0845 AE reporting number (AUTH/3737/2/23)

PMCPA found Saxenda HCP leavepiece omitted the 12‑week 5% weight-loss stopping rule from the indication and main body, and PI was inconsistent…

2021
CASE
Gilead Sciences Europe ⭐ Case of the Week

Gilead (HIV.eu): HCP website content and PI links accessible to the public due to broken patient-site routing

Gilead’s HIV.eu HCP site briefly remained accessible after β€œvisit patient site” failed. Panel found promotional HCP content likely visible to the public…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3651/5/22 Roche Products

Roche: β€˜Generally well tolerated’ claim on Ocrevus HCP landing page ruled not misleading (AUTH/3651/5/22)

Anonymous HCP said Ocrevus website claim β€˜generally well tolerated’ was misleading given serious/fatal AEs in SPC. Panel found the claim sufficiently qualified…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3652/5/22 Merck Sharp & Dohme

AUTH/3652/5/22: Merck Sharp & Dohme – β€œStop the Spots” chickenpox advocacy campaign (no breach)

Complaint alleged disguised promotion of MSD’s chickenpox vaccine via Politico London Playbook and stopthespots.co.uk. Panel ruled no breach (Clauses 3.6, 5.1) as…

2021
CASE
AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca: LinkedIn β€˜like’ promoted unlicensed Evusheld (Clause 5.1 breach upheld on appeal)

PMCPA found a Clause 5.1 breach after a UK-based AstraZeneca Global employee β€˜liked’ a Reuters/LinkedIn post about Evusheld before UK authorisation. Other…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3686/8/22 Eli Lilly

Eli Lilly Trulicity promotional email: β€œsignificant” HbA1c/weight and CV risk reduction claims found not misleading (AUTH/3686/8/22)

Complaint alleged Trulicity email claims were unclear on comparator, patient details and statistical significance, and that a secondary endpoint (weight) was presented…

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