Declarations of Interest
To try to be completely transparent, below is a list of sponsorship and monies received from the pharmaceutical industry. The UKPPG does not run industry projects and will not endorse any industry initiative or research project, but will accept unrestricted educational grants and sponsorship to further our aims and objectives.
General sponsorship (in alphabetical order):
- AstraZeneca Travel Award 1998, 1999, 2000, major joint-sponsorship of 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 annual conferences. Also UKPPG National telephone helpline financially supported by AstraZeneca (1997-date)
- Bayer, who funded a one-off Bayer-UKPPG Psychiatry of Old Age Award in 1999
- BMS/Otsuka Pharmaeuticals - major joint-sponsors of the annual conference in 2004
- Janssen-Cilag-Shire - major joint-sponsorship of 2000, 2002, 2003 and 2004 annual conferences
- Lilly - unrestricted educational grants and major support for annual conference in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and major joint sponsorship in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004
- Lundbeck - major joint-sponsorship of 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 annual conferences
- Novartis - unrestricted educational grants (accomodation etc.) for the pharmacists in psychiatry 1 and 2 from about 1992 to date
- Pfizer: Full sponsorship of UKPPG Bulletin 1998-2000, major joint-sponsorship of 2000 annual conference, antipsychotic weight-gain study (run by David Taylor), sponsored by Pfizer (1999-2000)
- Sanofi-Synthelabo - joint major sponsors of 2002, 2003 and 2004 conferences
- SmithklineBeecham - sponsorship of UKPPG Bulletin 1992-1998
Committee meetings:
(accomodation, room, food) supported by:
- 19.11.04 - Manchester - Janssen-Cilag
- 17.9.04 - Norwich - AstraZeneca
- June 2004 - Coventry - Eli Lilly
- 16.1.04 - Leeds - Organon
- November 2003 - BMS/Otsuka
- September 2003 - Wokefield Park
- June 2003 - Lilly
- 15.11.02 - Barnsley - Janssen-Cilag
- 6.9.02 - Gloucester - Janssen-Cilag
- 1.8.02 - Wokefield (no sponsor)
- 28.6.02 - Warrington - Sanofi
- 15.3.02 - Coventry - Organon
- 18.1.02 - Birmingham - Novartis
- 16.11.01 - Brighouse, Yorkshire - Janssen-Cilag
- 7.9.01 - Milton Keynes - supported by Lundbeck
- 15.6.01 - Coventry - supported by Lilly
- 16.3.01 - Worcester (no sponsor)
- 23-24.11.00 - Birmingham - supported by Chris Sutton and Lundbeck UK
- 8.9.00 - Manchester - Novartis
- 16.6.00 - Coventry - Lilly
- 7.4.00 - Birmingham - Lundbeck UK
- 11.2.00 - Birmingham - Smithkline Beecham
- 26.11.99 - York - Lundbeck UK
- 10.9.99 - Coventry Merck Pharmaceuticals
- 4.6.99 - Coventry - Lilly
- 8.4.99 - London - Lorex-Synthelabo
- 12.2.99 - Leicester - Novartis
- 1.12.98 - London - Pfizer
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