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IRPMA Code of Marketing Practices. Timm Pfannenschmidt Chairman IRPMA Code of Marketing Practices Committee February 19, 2008. The Evolution of IRPMA COP. 2003. 2006. 2007. 2008. 1992~2002 - IRPMA COP 2003 - Setting COP benchmarks to enhance the COP enforcement
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IRPMA Code of Marketing Practices Timm Pfannenschmidt Chairman IRPMA Code of Marketing Practices Committee February 19, 2008
The Evolution of IRPMA COP 2003 2006 2007 2008 • 1992~2002 - IRPMA COP • 2003 - Setting COP benchmarks to enhance the COP enforcement • 2004, 2005, 2006 - amending benchmarks • 2007 • Adopting new IFPMA code • Revising benchmarks and Q&A • 2008 • Revising benchmarks and Q&A
Elements of IRPMA COP • COP Articles • COP benchmarks • 2003.01 - 1st version • 2003.07 - donations • 2004.03 - Post-Marketing Studies • 2004.09 - gifts for public hospital doctors • 2005.10 - donations and educational grants • 2007.03 - revised based on new Code • 2008.03 - customary gifts/ funeral gift, year-end party • COP Q&A • Measurements for Resolving Disputes
Internal Communication- Train-the-trainer program 2007.01.25 Senior Director of DOH COP Committee
External Communications • Communication with Stakeholders • Patient groups • Hospital associations • Media 2006.05.09 Superintendent of NTUH 2004.07 - NTUH released Ethic Guidelines on Physicians’ Behavior 2006.08 - DOH released Guidelines on the Relationship between Physicians and Commercial Enterprises
Communication to Stakeholders Insist on Health & Transparency • Distributed IRPMA COP Brochures to all hospitals (April 2007) • Placed advertisement on newspapers (May 2007)
Priority Issues in 2008 • Reveal the 2008 COP to IRPMA member companies - to reinforce/intensify their internal training • Communicate with HCPs – to create a better understanding among our customers • Promote the COP to the authorities - to achieve an industry-wide regulation