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2021
CASE
AUTH/3587/12/21 AstraZeneca

AUTH/3587/12/21: Anonymous health professional v AstraZeneca (Symbicort cost calculator webpage) – No breach

Complaint alleged Symbicort cost-calculator webpage lacked prescribing information and generic name and breached a prior undertaking. Panel and Appeal Board found the…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3543/7/21 Eli Lilly ⭐ Case of the Week

AUTH/3543/7/21: Novo Nordisk v Eli Lilly – β€˜Barber’s Box’ GLP‑1RA comparison presentation (Trulicity)

Lilly’s β€˜Barber’s Box’ slide deck comparing GLP‑1RAs was ruled misleading: shaded comparative boxes and selective CVOT subgroup messaging implied advantages without adequate…

2021
CASE
AUTH/3585/11/21 AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca breached the Code over incomplete Symbicort dosing and missing prescribing information/non-proprietary names on Trixeo site (AUTH/3585/11/21)

PMCPA found AstraZeneca’s Symbicort dosing web copy misleading due to omitted max dose/SPC warning (Clause 2 censure). Separate breaches on Trixeo site…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3595/1/22 Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol Myers Squibb & Pfizer: Eliquis patient booklets on website found misleading after SPC updates (AUTH/3595/1/22, AUTH/3596/1/22)

Four Eliquis (apixaban) patient booklets on a company website weren’t updated after SPC changes. Panel found misleading omissions/inaccuracies (Clause 6.1) and failure…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3629/4/22 Daiichi-Sankyo UK

Daiichi Sankyo disease awareness campaign with patient organisation: material treated as contract for services, not all public education certified (AUTH/3629/4/22)

Panel said Daiichi Sankyo’s patient-organisation β€œcholesterol test” campaign was a contract for services, making the company responsible for materials. Some public educational…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3637/4/22 Daiichi-Sankyo UK

Daiichi Sankyo: patient website found to promote Nustendi to Nilemdo patients (AUTH/3637/4/22)

A post-prescription patient website for Nilemdo/Nustendi was ruled to promote Nustendi to patients prescribed Nilemdo by highlighting ezetimibe’s mechanism of action, likely…

2021
CASE
Galapagos ⭐ Case of the Week

Galapagos: β€˜Strength of balance’ homepage claim for Jyseleca ruled ambiguous (breach Clause 6.1)

PMCPA found Galapagos’ Jyseleca website homepage banner β€˜Strength of balance’ was ambiguous and insufficiently explained, breaching Clause 6.1. β€˜Delivering breakthroughs…’ drew concern…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3689/8/22 CSL Vifor

CSL Vifor voluntary admission: Ferinject conference banners shown to UK HCPs without UK certification (AUTH/3689/8/22)

At ESC-HFA 2022, Ferinject banner ads ran on the congress site/Medscape and unintentionally reached UK HCPs for 60 days without certification by…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3687/8/22 AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca: UK employees’ LinkedIn β€˜likes’ treated as proactive dissemination of US Enhertu post (AUTH/3687/8/22)

Eight UK-based AstraZeneca employees β€˜liked’ a US LinkedIn post linking to an Enhertu press release. The PMCPA ruled this proactively disseminated promotional…

2022
CASE
AUTH/3683/8/22 AstraZeneca

AUTH/3683/8/22: Complainant v AstraZeneca β€” Trixeo prescribing summary card (No breach)

Complaint about Trixeo promotional claims (spacer use, lung deposition %, and missing Symbicort PI). PMCPA Panel found no breach of the 2021…

2021
CASE
GlaxoSmithKline

GSK at ERS 2022: COPD network meta-analysis slides ruled misleading; MSL presence on promo stand not proven promotional

At ERS 2022, GSK-sponsored symposium slides on a COPD network meta-analysis were ruled misleading/unsubstantiated (Clauses 6.1, 6.2, 5.1). Allegations about MSLs acting…

2023
CASE
AUTH/3748/2/23 Otsuka ⭐ Case of the Week

Otsuka Europe website: outdated partner statement ruled inaccurate (AUTH/3748/2/23)

Otsuka’s β€œTherapy Areas in Europe” webpage still referenced working with partner Akebia on CKD anaemia after the agreement ended. PMCPA ruled the…

2023
CASE
AUTH/3794/7/23 Merck Serono

Merck Serono fertility event: co-chairs’ consultancy contracts not signed before services began (AUTH/3794/7/23)

PMCPA found Merck Serono failed to maintain high standards after two event co-chairs’ consultancy agreements were not agreed/signed in advance of services.…

2023
CASE
AUTH/3779/6/23 Boehringer Ingelheim

AUTH/3779/6/23 & AUTH/3780/6/23: Ex-employee complaint about alliance promotional material approval process (BI/Lilly) – No breach

Ex-employee alleged BI/Lilly alliance PMAP SOP and training were not accessible/controlled and that β€œagreements outside PMAP” existed. Panel found allegations not evidenced;…

2024
CASE
AUTH/3870/1/24 AstraZeneca

AUTH/3870/1/24: Complainant v AstraZeneca β€” 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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