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AUTH/3885/3/24
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Britannia Pharmaceuticals
EVER Pharma complained that Britannia promoted APO-go (apomorphine hydrochloride) outside its marketing authorisation via a company-funded nurse service and at a sponsored meeting.The SmPC (section…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3658/6/22
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Novartis
An anonymous, contactable complainant (a health professional) complained about an email distributed by a multiple sclerosis independent education provider inviting recipients to a webinar that incl…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3505/4/21
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Britannia
An anonymous ex-employee complained about Britannia’s arrangements for advisory boards linked to Lecigon (levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone), described as a new intestinal gel therapy for advanced Pa…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3510/5/21
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Lundbeck Migraine Preceptorship
An anonymous, contactable complainant alleged that a Lundbeck-funded event (“Migraine Preceptorship”, 24–25 Nov 2020) promoted the unlicensed medicine Vypeti (eptinezumab) and/or the CGRP cla…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3335/4/20
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Britannia advisory boards for Apo-Go
An ex-employee complained that a series of advisory boards about Apo-Go (apomorphine hydrochloride) for Parkinson’s disease, run over ~2 years, were promotional and commercially driven. Allegatio…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3297/1/20
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Britannia
An ex-pharma employee complained about Britannia’s arrangements for hospitality at the Movement Disorders Society (MDS) Congress in Nice (22–25 September 2019).The complaint focused on a Britan…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3024/3/18
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
GW Pharmaceuticals
An anonymous, non-contactable complainant (described as a consultant neurologist) alleged pre-licence promotion of Epidiolex (cannabidiol) at a hospital multi-disciplinary team meeting in February …
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3029/4/18
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
GW Pharmaceuticals
A contactable complainant alleged that a third-party employee acting for GW Pharmaceuticals took a named health professional to lunch at a local café and that the discussion was unrelated to epile…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/3048/6/18
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Bial Pharma v Profile Pharma
Bial Pharma UK complained about materials distributed from Profile Pharma’s promotional exhibition stand to support promotion of Xadago (safinamide) for Parkinson’s disease (add-on to levodopa)…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2850/6/16
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Sunovion
An anonymous, non-contactable complainant raised concerns about comments made by a Sunovion employee presenter at a ‘HOPE’ meeting in Cardiff (April 2016) for clinical psychiatrists and related…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2798/10/15
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Director of Pharmacy v Grünenthal (No breach)
A director of pharmacy complained about a Grünenthal representative’s conduct while promoting Palexia (tapentadol) and Versatis (lidocaine) in a hospital care of the elderly setting.Allegation 1…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2754/5/15
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Merck Serono breach over MS nurse call frequency driven by 6-contacts/day target (AUTH/2754/5/15)
An anonymous, non-contactable complainant (described as a senior MS nurse specialist in an NHS trust) complained that Merck Serono representatives visited very frequently, often without an appointm…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2720/6/14
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Genzyme
An anonymous complainant raised concerns about the conduct of a named Genzyme employee during a meeting with a consultant neurologist and a pharmacist to discuss Aubagio (teriflunomide).Aubagio was…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2713/5/14
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Eli Lilly
An NHS trust chief pharmacist complained about Eli Lilly contacting an ADHD nurse specialist (who managed and prescribed for patients) to speak about Strattera (atomoxetine hydrochloride).The compl…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2513/6/12
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Grünenthal
An anonymous, non-contactable employee complained about the frequency and volume of Palexia (tapentadol) promotional mailings to health professionals.The allegation was that after every call on a t…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2527/8/12
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Shire
An anonymous, non-contactable complainant (self-described health professional managing ADHD) alleged a Shire medical science liaison (MSL) discussed an amphetamine medicine not licensed in the UK, …
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2316/5/10
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Flynn Pharma
A consultant in palliative medicine complained about a Flynn Pharma representative promoting Actiq (oral transmucosal fentanyl citrate) during a February meeting.The complainant alleged the represe…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2311/4/10
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
AstraZeneca
An anonymous complainant alleged an AstraZeneca-sponsored meeting was misleading and promoted Seroquel (quetiapine) outside its marketing authorisation (borderline personality disorder).Seroquel wa…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2330/7/10
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Grünenthal
An anonymous complainant submitted a one-page item headed “Localised Neuropathic Pain” referring to Versatis (lidocaine plaster), with a very small footer: “Sponsored by an unrestricted grant…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2213/3/09
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Lilly and Boehringer Ingelheim
An anonymous doctor complained about a journal supplement distributed with Progress in Neurology and Psychiatry (volume 13, issue 1, 2009), described as “A Progress supplement sponsored by Eli Li…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2278/11/09
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Lundbeck
A child and adolescent psychiatrist complained after finding Circadin-branded stationery (eg pens and post-it notes) in a clinic that worked exclusively with children.Circadin (prolonged release me…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2023/7/07
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Pfizer
A teaching PCT pharmacist complained about a Pfizer Champix (varenicline) GP referral aid (a pad of tear-off letters) used by smoking cessation service providers (including community pharmacists an…
Clauses: 9.1,9.2
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AUTH/2009/6/07
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Flynn Pharma
An anonymous complainant said they received Flynn Pharma promotional mailings about Medikinet/Medikinet XL (ADHD) despite stating they did not and had never treated ADHD.The mailing included a repl…
Clauses: NONE
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AUTH/2070/11/07
HCP Hospitality & Meetings Not Upheld 🏥 CNS & Neurology ▶ Video 🎙 Podcast
Otsuka and Bristol
Anonymous complainants alleged Otsuka (and in related complaints, Otsuka and Bristol-Myers Squibb) provided inappropriate hospitality to psychiatrists at a South Asian Psychiatric Forum weekend mee…
Clauses: NONE
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