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Article R5125-56 of the French Public Health Code

On the basis of a prescription written in a non-proprietary name, the pharmacist dispenses a medicinal product complying with the information provided for in article R. 5125-55. However, the immediate-release oral pharmaceutical form of the medicinal product dispensed may be different from that indicated on the prescription in non-proprietary names, provided that the medicinal product dispensed is in the same generic group as the medicinal product prescribed.

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Article R5125-57 of the French Public Health Code

A medicinal product, whether simple or compound, held with a view to sale, offered for sale or sold, where one or more of the following particulars have been omitted from one of the components of its packaging, shall be considered to be a secret remedy: 1° For the preparations mentioned in 1° to 3° of article L. 5121-1, the name and address of the pharmacist who dispensed the preparation, except…

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Article R5125-58 of the French Public Health Code

For the purposes of article R. 5125-57, active substances are substances which are deemed to have medicinal properties, as well as those which the compounding pharmacist declares to contribute to the curative or preventive efficacy of the product. The name of each active substance means its common scientific name or its common name as defined in article R. 5121-1. Chemical symbols may only be used to supplement the name.

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Article R5125-59 of the French Public Health Code

The dose of each active substance is defined as : 1° either its weight per unit of intake determined ; 2° or its centesimal proportion by weight in the preparation; or 3° or, in the case of a product titrated in biological units, the number of units contained per dosage unit, per cubic centimetre or for a given quantity by weight of the product, with the definition of the biological…

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Article R5125-70 of the French Public Health Code

The pharmacy’s e-commerce website is created or operated by the pharmacists referred to in article L. 5125-33 registered in sections A, D and E of the Ordre national des pharmaciens. The website contains the contact details of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, a hypertext link to the website of the Ordre national des pharmaciens and the Ministry of Health, as well as the…

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Article R5125-71 of the French Public Health Code

The application for authorisation to trade medicinal products electronically and to create a website to trade medicinal products electronically provided for in article L. 5125-36 is sent by the pharmacists mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 5125-33 to the general director of the regional health agency in whose area of jurisdiction the pharmacy is located, by any means enabling receipt to be acknowledged. The application must include the…

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Article R5125-72 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of a substantial change to the elements of the authorisation mentioned in article R. 5125-71, the pharmacist who holds the dispensary or manages a mutualist or miner’s aid pharmacy must inform the general director of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction and the pharmacists’ association to which he belongs, without delay and by any means which allows receipt to be acknowledged.

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Article R5125-73 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of the suspension or cessation of operation of his website, the pharmacist holding the pharmacy or managing a mutualist or miner’s aid pharmacy shall immediately inform the director general of the regional health agency with territorial jurisdiction and the council of the pharmacists’ association to which he belongs.

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Article R5125-74 of the French Public Health Code

The Ordre National des Pharmaciens keeps an up-to-date list of authorised pharmacy websites and makes it available to the public on its website. This list is also available on the website of the Ministry of Health. The websites of the Ordre National des Pharmaciens and the Ministry of Health contain information on the legislation applicable to the e-commerce of medicinal products by dispensing pharmacies, on the risks associated with medicinal…

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Article R5126-1 of the French Public Health Code

The following may be authorised to have an in-house pharmacy under the conditions laid down in this chapter: 1° Health establishments, holders of authorisation for home hospitalisation, army hospitals, the Institution nationale des invalides and health cooperation groups; 2° Cosmetic surgery facilities meeting the conditions laid down in article L. 6322-1 ; 3° The following medico-social establishments and services: a) Establishments providing accommodation for the elderly under the conditions laid…

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