Poor Abbott UK. More has now been revealed about their breaches of the UK Code of Practice for Big Pharma that led to their recent six month suspension.
The judgment was triggered by a "concerned member of the industry". It was found that in January and September 2004, Abbott employees inappropriately invited groups of doctors to a greyhound stadium in Manchester while racing was taking place.
It also criticised an event in February, when an Abbott manager borrowed £1,000 from a company drug representative to pay for their attendance along with a doctor at a lap dancing club at the end of a two-day medical workshop.
It also found in breach of its code an invitation over the summer by an Abbott manager to senior London hospital consultants to centre court at Wimbledon and full hospitality and two managers' invitations for a Christmas dinner for a hospital department at which both arrived late and drunk.
Insiders' view: The timing of this is unfortunate as a stricter code has just been launched! It shows the whole "voluntary code" thing up for the farce it really is.
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