Advert - AstraZeneca UK Limited – Case AUTH/3430/11/20

• Date posted
  16 March 2022
• Sanction
  Advertisement,
• Case number/s
  AUTH/3430/11/20 - Complainant v AstraZeneca

For promoting an unlicensed vaccine, including to members of the UK public on LinkedIn, AstraZeneca was ruled in breach of the following clauses of the 2019 Code:

Clause 2 - Bringing discredit upon, and reducing confidence in, the pharmaceutical industry
Clause 3.1 - Promoting an unlicensed medicine
Clause 9.1 - Failing to maintain high standards