Our Purpose
The Pharmaceutical Printed Literature Association (PPLA) exists to champion the value of printed pharmaceutical information in promoting patient safety, empowering healthcare professionals, and meeting regulatory standards.
The purpose of PPLA is outlined in the organization’s bylaws and centers on:
- To do all other things reasonably incidental to the above purposes which are necessary, convenient or expedient to promote those purposes and the industry, except that the PPLA shall not engage in any activity prohibited by Federal or State law or act in any manner inconsistent with the PPLA’s Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, as amended from time to time.
- To promote and improve patient safety, through the use of accessible, relevant and understandable printed medication information that accompanies drug products;
- To provide a forum for promoting and improving the delivery of information for the protection of patients and to support health care professionals;
- To advocate the benefits and continuing need for pharmaceutical printed literature to legislative and regulatory agencies;
- To serve as a liaison between manufacturers of pharmaceutical printed package information and: governmental bodies, the media, and the general public;
- To increase the body of knowledge, and provide education regarding the importance of printed literature in ensuring that medications are stored, ingested, and disposed of properly;
- To engage in other cooperative activities with related industry groups, the public, and other parties interested in the purposes of the PPLA;
- To do all other things reasonably incidental to the above purposes which are necessary, convenient or expedient to promote those purposes and the industry, except that the PPLA shall not engage in any activity prohibited by Federal or State law or act in any manner inconsistent with the PPLA’s Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, as amended from time to time.