Welcome to the fourth edition of the Working Together Guide. This Guide was developed by Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) and Medicines Australia.

This Guide has been developed to provide guidance for how health-care consumer organisations (HCOs) and pharmaceutical companies can work effectively together. It has been shaped by the principles and issues addressed in Medicines Australia Code of Conduct, recent policy advances in both the health and pharmaceutical industries, together with advice and feedback from representatives of both industry and HCOs. It is intended to enhance the nature and quality of partnerships and collaborations between HCOs and pharmaceutical companies and to build on the previous Working Together Guide (last updated 2015).

Factsheet 1: Australian and Global Health Context for Collaboration between Pharmaceutical Industry and HCOs

Factsheet 2: Summary of the Medicines Australia Code of Conduct

Factsheet 3: Remuneration Framework of Health Consumers

Factsheet 4: Principles in Action across the different stages of partnership

Factsheet 5: Interacting with patient communities: Areas for pharmaceutical companies to consider