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    Medicines bring huge value to NHS patients. The development of new medicines is uncertain, costly, and involves significant rates of failure. Find out how pharmaceutical companies are pioneering R&D into the next generation of treatments. 

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    The relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and healthcare professionals (HCPs) and healthcare organisations (HCOs) plays a vital role in the development and delivery of life-enhancing and life-saving medicines. 

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ABPI Scotland

The ABPI opened an office in Edinburgh at the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. The ABPI Scotland team works to represent the interests of our member companies to stakeholders here in Scotland.

We ensure that bodies such as the Scottish Government and NHS Scotland are kept informed about the issues affecting our sector and we also work closely with member companies to support their relations ensuring that they are supported in navigating the landscape of a devolved Scotland within the United Kingdom.

Today, researching, making and distributing medicines is worth £2.7 billion to Scotland’s industrial output. The pharmaceutical sector has delivered the biggest jobs growth of any of the Scottish Government’s Key Growth Sectors in recent years. 

Our industry directly supports 5,043 Scottish jobs – a 60% increase since 2009 – and indirectly supports 16,482 jobs elsewhere in the Scottish economy, often in parts of the country where job prospects are weaker compared to the rest of the country. 

The average productivity of a Scottish pharmaceutical industry employee is £111,000 (GVA), more than double the Scottish average, £55,000 (as of 2015). The Scottish industry’s share of UK pharma turnover has increased since 2008 and Scotland now supports 9.3% of total UK jobs in this sector (in 2015) up from 5.1% in 2008. 

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ABPI Scotland is led by Alison Culpan, ABPI Scotland Director, with support from Claire Headspeath, Team Co-ordinator.

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The Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority (PMCPA) was established by The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry to operate the ABPI Code of Practice for the Pharmaceutical Industry independently of the ABPI. The PMCPA is a division of ABPI which is a company registered in England and Wales (registered number 09826787) with its registered office at 7th Floor, Southside, 105 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QT.

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