Last Update:July 22nd, 2011
About the MPIP Initiative
The Medical Publishing Insights and Practices (MPIP) initiative was founded in 2008 by members of the pharmaceutical industry and the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP) to elevate trust, transparency and integrity in publishing industry-sponsored studies. The MPIP initiative is a collaboration sponsored by Amgen, AstraZeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, GlaxoSmithKline, Janssen, Merck, Pfizer, Takeda and ISMPP. The specific goals of MPIP are to: promote more effective partnership between sponsors and journals to raise standards in medical publishing and expand access to study results.
To date, the MPIP has identified issues perceived by journals to be barriers to transparency and trust and collaborated with journal editors and publishers on actionable solutions and resources.
What's New?
Over 200 people attended an “MPIP Initiative Update” at the 2011 ISMPP Annual Meeting in April, keynoted by Dr. Daniel Haller, Editor in Chief, Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Haller reported on the output of the second MPIP journal-industry roundtable meeting, in November, 2010, that included editors of 12 top-tier international journals and MPIP members. At the meeting, attendees reached consensus on “Top 10 Recommendations for Enhancing the Credibility of Industry-Sponsored Research”, which are the focus of a manuscript in development by a group of editors and MPIP co-sponsor representatives. Click here for the MPIP presentation at ISMPP.
At the 2011 annual meeting of Council of Science Editors (CSE), Dr. Robert Enck, Editor in Chief, American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, and Dr. Ann Murphy, Managing Editor, The Oncologist, gave an “Update on the Authors’ Submission Toolkit”. The Toolkit, published in 2010 in Current Medical Research and Opinion, was authored through a unique collaboration of editors, publishers and MPIP. Intended to help raise standards and improve efficiency in manuscript development and submission, the Toolkit has been downloaded over 9,000 times from the CMRO website. Click here for the MPIP presentation at CSE, and click here to download the “Authors’ Submission Toolkit”.
MPIP recognized at Communiqué Awards
The MPIP initiative won the 2010 Communiqué Trust and Reputation Award. The Communiqué awards recognize excellence and best practice in healthcare communications. 2010 was the first year for the Trust and Reputation Award, which recognized initiatives to enhance industry trust and reputation in line with the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) Trust initiative. For more information, please click here.
Calendar of Events
June 23, 2011: TIPPA Annual Meeting (Carlsbad, Ca.). John Gonzalez (MPIP representative from AstraZeneca) moderated a panel discussion with journal editors on key issues in editors’ interactions with publication planners and other publishing issues.
June 27, 2011: Publication Planning Update: The Challenge of Publishing Everything (Princeton, PA.) sponsored by NetworkPharma and Adis Journals. Bernadette Mansi (MPIP representative from GlaxoSmithKline) presented the industry perspective on this topic at this seminar for publication planning specialists.
