{"id":73703,"date":"2024-02-23T09:32:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/?p=73703"},"modified":"2024-02-23T09:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T09:32:06","slug":"huge-delays-in-dealing-with-complaints-against-uk-drug-companies-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2024\/02\/huge-delays-in-dealing-with-complaints-against-uk-drug-companies-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Delays In Dealing With Complaints Against UK Drug Companies Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591886363072{margin-bottom: 16px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #868686 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #868686 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #868686 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #868686 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #868686;\"><em>News<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708679581662{margin-bottom: 14px !important;border-top-width: 1px !important;border-right-width: 1px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 1px !important;padding-top: 16px !important;padding-right: 16px !important;padding-bottom: 16px !important;padding-left: 16px !important;background-color: #efefef !important;border-radius: 5px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #868686;\">Processing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #999999;\">[<em>Source: <\/em><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/medicalxpress.com\/news\/2024-02-huge-delays-complaints-uk-drug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>medicalxpress.com<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;73687&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; style=&#8221;vc_box_rounded&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708679601375{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #868686;\"><span style=\"font-size: 11px; color: #999999;\">[<em>Image source: <\/em><a style=\"color: #999999;\" href=\"https:\/\/stock.adobe.com\/uk\/images\/frustrated-mature-man-receiving-sales-call-at-home\/230593362?prev_url=detail\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Adobe Stock<\/em><\/a>]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591883486142{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1591886370173{margin-bottom: 16px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 1px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 8px !important;border-left-color: #868686 !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #868686 !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #868686 !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #868686 !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"color: #868686;\"><em>Comment<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">Carried out by the British Medical Journal (BMJ), this <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/384\/bmj.q365\">investigation<\/a><\/u><\/span> revealed significant delays in handling complaints against UK drug companies suspected of violating industry codes of practice. Data analysis spanning nearly two decades shows that processing times for such complaints have more than tripled, with some taking over a year to resolve. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">In a supposed attempt to address the backlog, the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has raised complaint-related fees by over 40 percent. While concerns have also been raised with UK regulatory bodies such as the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), little action appears to have been taken to address the deteriorating processing times \u2013 thus further damaging public confidence in what is currently a self-regulatory system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">It isn\u2019t as if UK politicians aren\u2019t aware of the true nature of the pharmaceutical industry. Far from it, in fact. We know this thanks to a remarkable report entitled \u2018The Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry\u2019 which was published in 2005 on behalf of the British Government. Compiled by a departmental select committee appointed by the British House of Commons, the 126-page report examines the influence that the pharmaceutical industry has upon the practice of medicine and healthcare in the UK. Despite examining key issues such drug safety concerns, drug-induced illness, and illegal marketing practices, the report was essentially \u2018buried\u2019 and most of its recommendations ignored. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" lang=\"en-US\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\">To learn more about the UK\u2019s \u2018Influence of the Pharmaceutical Industry\u2019 report, see <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dr-rath-foundation.org\/2005\/07\/the-influence-of-the-pharmaceutical-industry\/\">this article<\/a><\/u><\/span> on our website. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Processing times for complaints against drug companies suspected of having breached their industry code of practice have more than tripled in a nearly two-decade period, an investigation by The BMJ has found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[121],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - 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