The pharmaceutical establishment of a company or organisation mentioned in Article R. 5124-2 engaged in wholesale, free transfer or wholesale distribution must keep, for each incoming and outgoing transaction, including when it uses a broker, at least the following information:
1° the date of the transaction
2° The name of the medicinal product or other pharmaceutical product;
3° The number and expiry date of the various batches with the quantities supplied and received per batch, in accordance with the good practices referred to in article L. 5121-5 ;
4° The name and address of the supplier and recipient.
For a delivery to a legal or natural person authorised to dispense medicinal products or other pharmaceutical products, this information is given on a document which is attached to the delivery. For a medicinal product, this document also includes the pharmaceutical form of the medicinal product.
This information is kept in the form of invoices, on a computer medium or in another appropriate form.
The supplier and the recipient shall keep this information for five years at the disposal of the competent inspectorate.
For blood-derived medicinal products, a pharmaceutical establishment must also comply with the provisions of articles R. 5121-185 and R. 5121-195.