Section 6: Advertising and promotion

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1453-7, and articles L. 4311-28, L. 4321-20 and L. 4343-1, advertising in favour of pharmaceutical companies and establishments may not include any offer of premiums, objects, products or material advantages, provided directly or indirectly, of any nature whatsoever, unless they are of negligible value.

Pharmaceutical establishments and companies are authorised to make donations to legal entities for the purpose of encouraging research or the training of health professionals, subject to prior declaration to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency of the place where the registered office of the beneficiary organisation is located and on condition that the real purpose of these donations is not to provide an individual advantage to a member…

Where advertising in favour of a pharmaceutical company or establishment mentions a medicinal product, it is governed by the provisions of sections 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter II of this Title; where it mentions a product or object listed in section 4 of the same chapter, it is governed by the provisions of that section. The provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply to scientific, technical or financial…