After the marketing authorisation has been granted, the marketing authorisation holder must immediately forward to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, indicating the scope of the information, any new data which it has or becomes aware of which could lead to a change in the assessment of the risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product or product as defined in the first paragraph of Article L. 5121-9. It shall forward the results of all studies, in particular safety and efficacy studies, and the results of biomedical research carried out in or outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, whether favourable or unfavourable, for all indications and populations, whether or not they are mentioned in the marketing authorisation, as well as data concerning any use of the medicinal product that does not comply with the terms of the marketing authorisation.
The marketing authorisation holder shall notify the Agency of any new data which could lead to a change in the marketing authorisation dossier, as well as any prohibition or restriction decided by the competent authority of any country in which the medicinal product is marketed.
The marketing authorisation holder shall ensure that the information on the medicinal product or product is updated in accordance with current scientific knowledge, including the conclusions of assessments and recommendations made public via the European medicines web-portal established by Article 26 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004.
The holder shall inform the Director General of the Agency and the European Medicines Agency whenever new risks, changes in existing risks or changes in the risk-benefit balance relating to the medicinal product are identified.
At the request of the Director General of the Agency, he/she will provide him/her, in compliance with the rules on business confidentiality, with any information relating to sales volumes, stock levels and prescription volumes.
He is responsible for the accuracy and sincerity of the documents supplied to the Agency in this context.