All joint work projects must be supported by a formal joint labour agreement1, the summary of which must be made public before the project begins. Agreements must be concluded at the company and organizational level, not with individual health professionals. Agreements must include an exit strategy, emergency agreements, clear milestones and the obligation to measure, maintain and document results to facilitate replication and scale across the NHS. Other governance guidelines are also included in the ABPI Code of Conduct and can be interactively reviewed on the prescription drug control authority`s (PMCPA) website 3. 1 www.pmcpa.org.uk/thecode/InteractiveCode2016/Pages/Clause20.aspx joint work projects aim to achieve “triple profits” in the form of benefits for patients, the NHS and the pharmaceutical companies involved. Benefit forecasts must be clearly explained in advance. Both the NHS organization and the entity concerned may consider quantifying the expected benefits as a forward-looking return on the investment before embarking on a joint project. Pdf “Joint Working – a toolkit for industry and the NHS” Other examples are available in the form of management summaries on the ABPI Disclosure UK2 website. You can also review the case studies of the joint work in Appendix 1 of this document and on the websites of ABPI members.
Each party must make a significant and defined contribution to the project and the transfers of value by the companies must be made public. Funding can be made in a variety of forms, including people, expertise, equipment, communication channels, information technology and finance.
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