What is an expert patient and how do companies interact with them?

The ABPI Code does not define an expert patient. Patients can be contracted by pharmaceutical companies to deliver a service as set out in Clauses 24.1 and 24.2 and such services must comply with other applicable requirements of the Code. Companies should ensure any patient contracted is a typical patient as far as this relates to a disease or response to any medicine. Details of fees and expenses paid to patients must be disclosed annually as required by Clauses 24.2, 24.6, 30 and 31.