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Title IV: Veterinary medicinal products

Article R5141-1 of the French Public Health Code

For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply 1° Substance means any material whatever its origin, which may be : – human, such as human blood and products derived from human blood; – animal, such as micro-organisms, whole animals, parts of organs, animal secretions, toxins, substances obtained by extraction, products derived from blood; – vegetable, such as micro-organisms, plants, parts of plants, vegetable secretions, substances obtained by…

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Article R5141-1-1 of the French Public Health Code

The name of a veterinary medicinal product may be either an invented name or a common or scientific name accompanied by a trade mark or the name of the holder of the marketing authorisation or of the company operating the medicinal product. The invented name may not be confused with the common name. Without prejudice to the application of legislation relating to trademarks or service marks, the invented name shall…

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Article R5141-2 of the French Public Health Code

Experiments on veterinary medicinal products within the meaning of article L. 5141-16 are any tests, research or experiments, hereinafter referred to as trials, which are carried out with a view to obtaining a marketing authorisation or a marketing authorisation variation. These trials include : a) For non-immunological medicinal products : -pharmaceutical tests, i.e. physico-chemical, biological or microbiological tests ; non-clinical tests, i.e. safety tests, including tests to assess the risk…

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Article R5141-3 of the French Public Health Code

The natural or legal person who initiates a veterinary medicinal product trial as defined in article R. 5141-2 is called the sponsor. The persons who direct and supervise the performance of pharmaceutical trials and non-clinical trials are called investigators. Those who direct and supervise the performance of clinical trials are called investigators. Depending on their activity, investigators and investigators have the qualifications and experience mentioned in article R. 5141-25. The…

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Article R5141-4 of the French Public Health Code

The experimenters, investigators, experts and persons called upon to collaborate in the trials are bound by professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties laid down inarticle 226-13 of the French Penal Code with regard to the nature of the products studied, the protocols and the results obtained. Without the agreement of the sponsor, they may only provide information relating to the trials to the Ministers of Agriculture and Health, the…

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Article R5141-5 of the French Public Health Code

The sponsor provides the investigators within the meaning of Article R. 5141-3 with the following information: 1° The title and objective of the trial requested ; 2° Identification of the medicinal product to be tested: a) Its name or code name ; b) Its pharmaceutical form; c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition in active substances using the common names; for immunological medicinal products, the composition is expressed in units of…

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Article R5141-6 of the French Public Health Code

The sponsor provides the investigators conducting the clinical trials with the following information: 1° The title and objective of the trial requested; 2° For the medicinal product to be tested : a) Its name or code name ; b) Its pharmaceutical form; c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition in active substances expressed per unit of administration or, depending on the pharmaceutical form, for a given volume or weight, using the…

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Article R5141-7 of the French Public Health Code

Medicinal products subject to clinical trials, on the one hand, and any reference medicinal products and placebos, on the other, are prepared in accordance with good manufacturing practice, defined in accordance with the procedures set out in article L. 5142-3. The labelling of these medicinal products includes : 1° The name and address of the sponsor ; 2° The reference of the trial in progress; 3° A reference showing their…

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Article R5141-8 of the French Public Health Code

Within a period of two months prior to the clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product, the sponsor shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail of his intention by sending him, by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, a dossier containing the following information: 1° The identity of the sponsor ; 2° The framework of the trial: a)…

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Article R5141-9 of the French Public Health Code

Any substantial amendment to the trial must be the subject of a prior additional declaration by the sponsor sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail. The Director General may, within one month of receipt of the aforementioned declaration, object to this amendment by means of a reasoned decision.

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