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Article R5122-2 of the French Public Health Code

The company marketing a medicinal product shall set up an advertising department within the meaning of article L. 5122-1, under the supervision of the pharmacist responsible, which shall ensure compliance with the provisions of sections 1 to 3 of this chapter, and in particular the scientific validity of the information disseminated.

The company keeps a copy of each advertisement it issues for a period of three years from the date on which it was last disseminated and makes this copy available to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, together with a sheet indicating the addressees, the method of dissemination and the date on which it was first disseminated.

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Article R5122-2

L’entreprise exploitant un médicament se dote d’un service chargé de la publicité au sens de l’article L. 5122-1, placé sous le contrôle du pharmacien responsable, qui s’assure du respect des dispositions des sections 1 à 3 du présent chapitre, et notamment de la validité scientifique des informations diffusées.

L’entreprise conserve un exemplaire de chaque publicité qu’elle émet durant trois années à compter de la date de la dernière diffusion de celle-ci et tient cet exemplaire à la disposition de l’Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, accompagné d’une fiche indiquant les destinataires, le mode de diffusion et la date de première diffusion.

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