Court of Justice of the European Union · Judgment
C-786/18ratiopharm GmbH v Novartis Consumer Health GmbH
- Decided
- 2020-06-11
- ECLI
- ECLI:EU:C:2020:459
- CELEX
- 62018CJ0786
- Finality
- Final, the decision cannot be appealed
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Reference for a preliminary ruling – Protection of public health – Internal market – Medicinal products for human use – Directive 2001/83/EC – Advertising – Article 96 – Distribution of free samples of medicinal products to persons qualified to prescribe them – Pharmacists excluded from the distribution of free samples of medicinal products – Inapplicability to distribution of free samples of non-prescription medicinal products – Consequences for the Member States.
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