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Article L5121-10-3 of the French Public Health Code

The holder of an intellectual property right protecting the appearance and texture of the oral pharmaceutical forms of a reference medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5121-1 may not prohibit the oral pharmaceutical forms of a generic medicinal product that may be substituted for this medicinal product pursuant to Article L. 5125-23 from having an identical or similar appearance and texture.

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Article L5121-10-3
Le titulaire d’un droit de propriété intellectuelle protégeant l’apparence et la texture des formes pharmaceutiques orales d’une spécialité de référence au sens de l’article L. 5121-1 ne peut interdire que les formes pharmaceutiques orales d’une spécialité générique susceptible d’être substituée à cette spécialité en application de l’article L. 5125-23 présentent une apparence et une texture identiques ou similaires.

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