With a view to their inclusion in the register of generic groups referred to in Article L. 5121-10, generic medicinal products are identified by a decision of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) mentioning the corresponding reference medicinal product. This decision may, where appropriate, specify that the substitution of the reference medicinal product by the generic medicinal product may involve a particular risk for the health of certain patients under certain conditions of use. This decision is notified to the holder of the marketing authorisation issued for this generic medicinal product. These provisions also apply to the medicinal products mentioned in 4° of Article R. 5121-28.
As soon as a medicinal product meets the condition laid down in a of 5° of Article L. 5121-1 to be a generic medicinal product, it is necessarily identified as such by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
Within one month, the Director General of the Agency will inform the holder of the marketing authorisation for the reference medicinal product that a marketing authorisation has been granted for a generic medicinal product. At the end of a period of sixty days following this notification, the Director General of the Agency will register the generic medicinal product in the register of generic groups.
The decision to identify a generic medicinal product whose marketing authorisation has been suspended or withdrawn by the Director General of the Agency is suspended or withdrawn.