The marketing authorisation provided for in Article L. 5121-8 may only be granted for a blood-derived medicinal product when it is prepared from blood or blood components collected under the conditions defined in Articles L. 1221-3 to L. 1221-7.
Under conditions determined by regulation, a medicinal product mentioned in the first paragraph may be marked with an “ethical label” pictogram indicating that it is prepared from blood or blood components collected under the conditions defined in articles L. 1221-3 to L. 1221-7.
However, by way of exception, a marketing authorisation may, by way of derogation, be issued for a medicinal product prepared from blood or blood components collected under conditions that do not comply with the second paragraph of article L. 1221-3 or with articles L. 1221-6 and L. 1221-7 if this medicinal product offers an improvement in terms of therapeutic efficacy or safety or if equivalent medicinal products are not available in sufficient quantities to meet health needs. In this case, the marketing authorisation is granted for a period of two years, which may only be renewed if the aforementioned conditions persist.