For investigational medicinal products, the documents relating to each batch are kept by the pharmaceutical establishment which manufactures it, for at least five years after the end of the trial or the early termination of the last clinical trial during which the batch was used.
Establishments importing investigational medicinal products under the conditions set out in articles R. 5124-57-3 and R. 5124-57-4 hold these documents and keep them for the same period of time.
When the trials lead to the marketing of the medicinal product, the information relating to the investigational medicinal products is kept by the sponsor or another owner of the data for as long as the medicinal product is authorised.