RIP Responsibilities

Pharma companies active on the Belgian market are required by law to notify a RIP (𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲) to the Belgian Health Authorities.

The RIP is responsible to oversee all promotional activities for the Belgian market. Unlike some people may think, the RIP is not only involved in the review and approval of promotional material. The RIP has also the responsibility to :

• Establish an appropriate internal procedure

• Ensure compliance of regulations on samples

• Check compliance of regulations on premiums or advantages

• Ensure compliant medical information to health care professionals and patients

• Oversee the training of sales representatives

• Verify the compliance of product information and their translations

Additionally the RIP is very often someone familiar with the ethical codes of industry associations and advises the company on do’s and don’ts when organizing events taking into account both ethical codes from industry and MDEON requirements.

Often the RIP has a double role and acts as a local compliance manager for the companies. In this case the RIP will also be in charge of for instance transfer of value notifications and compliance check of contracts with health care organisations and health care professionals.

𝐀𝐱𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 4 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐈𝐏𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐦.𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐞𝐜𝐤@𝐚𝐱𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬.𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.