ABPI: Association of the British Pharmaceutical

There should be consistency between the possible adverse events described for the study drug in the protocol, investigator s brochure and ICF. Most coimtries have specific requirements for their ICF. It is essential that the requirements are known when the country-specific ICF is prepared. These examples could easily have changed by the time the reader is checking an ICF. In the United Kingdom, reference should be made to the ABPI (Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry) Clinical Trial Compensation Guidelines. In other countries, for example, Ireland, the study subject is allowed a specific length of time to decide whether to enter the study. 

ABPI Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, absorption In pharmacology, the uptake of a drug from its site of administration. 

Anon. Facts and Statistics for the Pharmaceutical Industry. London The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 2001. http // www.abpi.org.uk/statistics. 

In the United Kingdom, the information sheet provided to the consenting study subject in a clinical trial sponsored by a pharmaceutical company will usually contain a reference to the clinical trial compensation guidelines of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). It is not included in the information sheet of noncommercial studies. Study subjects taking part in clinical trials are not usually paid, unless it is... 

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry/ British Pharmaceutical Market Research Group. Guidelines on Pharmaceutical Market Research Practice. London ABPI, 1992. 

The prices of medicines sold to the NHS are controlled in the United Kingdom by the PPRS, negotiated periodically every 5 to 6 years by the DoH with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI), for example in 1979, 1986, 1993 and 1999. The PPRS controls the maximum - but not guaranteed - profits that pharmaceutical companies make on the capital they have invested in plant for research, development and manufacturing for sales made to the NHS. (Capital employed by the individual companies... 

ABPI. A Guide to the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme (PPRS). London Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 1993. 

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) is the trade association representing manufacturers of prescription medicines. It was formed in 1930 and now represents about eighty companies which supply nearly 80 per cent of the medicines used by the National Health Service. 

As a result of a number of enquiries to the Medical Affairs Department of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the recognition that the media was being increasingly used to advertise for subjects for clinical trials, the ABPI Medical Committee set up a Task Group to develop these guidelines. 

Medicines Control Agency, with the industry usually via the offices of the main representative trade associations such as the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the Proprietary Association of Great Britain (PAGB), and with many other interested organisations and individuals. 

Day-to-day control over the advertising of prescription-only medicines is provided by the Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA), part of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). The PMCPA administers the code of conduct for pharmaceutical companies - often referred to as the ABPI code . 

The UK Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) 12 Whitehall London SW1A 2DY UK Tel 00 44 20 7930 3477 Fax 00 44 20 7747 1414 WWW.abpi.org.uk/publications/pdfs/pmpca code2006.pdf... 

Medicines Control Agency, the Committee on the Safety of Medicines and the Medicines Commission, based on the product s possible use, any side effects and risk of its misuse. POMs and certain pharmacy sales medicines must not be promoted to the general public, but can be marketed to the medical profession. The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Code of Practice regulates promotional activities (Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, 2001). 

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