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The Guidelines & Legislation section brings together compliance guidance, best practice resources and support materials to help you navigate legal, ethical and regulatory requirements. 

To access online training and competency tests, please visit the Online Training section.

 

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BHBIA/ABPI guidance on reporting adverse events, product complaints and special reporting situations

The Guidance notes on collecting adverse events, product complaints and special reporting situations during market research are produced by the BHBIA in conjunction with the ABPI.

Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Healthcare Data Analytics

BHBIA guidelines are designed to help us all reduce risk, improve performance and make life a little simpler by drawing key information together in one place.

Legal and Ethical Guidelines for Healthcare Market Research - including Practical Examples

The BHBIA Legal and Ethical Guidelines include everything you need, in one place, to keep your market research project running smoothly from a legal and ethical point of view - saving you time and trouble.
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Data Processing Checklist

Checklist to help you Audit your Data Processing. How to take stock of the personal data you process

Data Protection Officer

How to determine whether you need one, and if so, how to appoint one.

Data Protection Update – Naming the End Client

This update aims to explain clearly and simply the circumstances in which an end client needs to be identified to market research participants.

Data Security including Breaches and International Transfers

What you need to do to keep personal data secure throughout its processing life

Environmental Sustainability Guiding Principles

Our Guiding Principles for Environmental Sustainability are designed to help you establish and integrate best practices and principles throughout your organisation, driving outcomes that respect our planet as the foundation of life and quality of living.

FAQ - Privacy & Data Protection

This resource is based on based on queries that members have sent to our ethics advisor or raised at meetings, grouped under a series of headings.

GDPR training resources from the ICO

New 2022 - The ICO (Information Commissioner's Office) have made available the training modules on GDPR that they provide for ICO staff as part of their internal training. This could be a useful resource when training your staff on GDPR. 

GDPR-ready Market Research Proformas

Updated versions of the forms from the appendix section of the Legal and Ethical Guidelines) in Word format for ease of use.

Guidance on Approval Requirements for Market Research in the UK

A document to help those planning to conduct market research projects in the UK aimed at facilitating project progress through UK approval.

Guidelines for Inclusive Recruitment for Market Research Studies

The BHBIA’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Committee has created these guidelines for pharmaceutical clients, market research and fieldwork agencies to conduct inclusive market research and ensure the final insights accurately reflect the targeted population.

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