Any company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 is required to:
1° Record all adverse reactions suspected of being due to a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150, occurring in a Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a third country, of which it is aware, whether these reactions have been reported spontaneously or on request by healthcare professionals or patients, or observed during a post-authorisation study;
2° To report, electronically, to the European “Eudravigilance” database:
a) Any suspected serious adverse reaction occurring in a Member State of the European Union, a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a third country of which it is aware, without delay and no later than fifteen days following receipt of the information;
b) Any suspected non-serious adverse reaction occurring in a Member State of the European Union or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of which it is aware, and no later than ninety days following receipt of the information.
The company or organisation exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150 is obliged to notify the European “Eudravigilance” database of adverse drug reactions reported in medical publications other than those subject to bibliographic monitoring for certain active substances by the European Medicines Agency in application of Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.