The activities of pharmaceutical establishments managed by public health establishments may only concern medicinal products that meet public health needs that are not already satisfied by medicinal products available in France and benefiting from the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8 or the early access authorisation or compassionate access authorisation referred to in article L. 5121-12 and II of article L. 5121-12-1.
The content of the annual report mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5126-6 is set by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
These establishments may be authorised under the conditions laid down in Article L. 5124-3 to carry out hospital preparations and reconstitutions of proprietary medicinal products on behalf of the public health establishments in which they are located. The same authorisation may, under the conditions set out in the last paragraph of article L. 5126-2 and in the light of specifications guaranteeing the quality and health safety of the service, allow them to entrust, under their responsibility, the performance of the aforementioned hospital preparations to another pharmaceutical establishment.
The pharmaceutical establishments of public health establishments may be authorised, under the conditions defined in 2° of article L. 5126-5 and 3° of article L. 5126-34, to supply these preparations and reconstitutions to other establishments mentioned in article R. 5126-1 and to healthcare professionals participating in specific regional schemes.