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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.

Submit a Guidelines Query - If you have a question that is not answered in the BHBIA's guidance materials, you can submit it to our Ethics Advisor and receive a confidential response. Only available to full BHBIA members (you will need to be logged in to access the form. Submit a Guidelines Query

 

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AE/PC/SRS Reconciliation Form

The AE/PC/SRS Reconciliation Form as a word document, for your convenience when adapting for specific projects.

IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals)

The IAPP the world’s largest information privacy organisation; most data protection officers are members. It is as a useful source of data privacy resources, including tools and trackers. 

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.

BHBIA 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.

Guidelines for Remuneration Within Market Research

BHBIA members are encouraged to use this guide to reduce problematic pressures on respondent remuneration based on ‘fair market values’, known as FMVs, during the primary market research process.

ABPI Disclosure Requirements

Disclosure requires pharmaceutical companies to make publicly available the details of MR-related payments, on a named basis, IF the identities of HCPs or HCOs who take part in the MR are intentionally known or disclosed to the pharmaceutical company. This summary outlines the basics of the requirements.

Guidelines for Market Research Fieldwork

Overall summary of key principles that need to be addressed when conducting fieldwork - this will be particularly useful for companies or individuals involved primarily in fieldwork, especially those who are less familiar with the whole research process.

Ethics & Compliance Committee Webinar Dec 2023 – The Final Word

ECC member Yuliya Fontanetti presented the “Compliant Use of AI” session in the committee’s wrap up of the year webinar. Members can access the recording and slides.

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.

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