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The Medicines (Advertising) Regulations 1994

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Regulation 19

SCHEDULE 4Conditions for the Supply of Free Samples

1.  Samples shall be supplied on an exceptional basis only.

2.  A limited number only of samples of each product may be suppied in any one year and to any one recipient.

3.  Samples shall be supplied only in response to a written request, signed and dated, from the recipient.

4.  Suppliers of samples shall maintain an adequate system of control and accountability.

5.  Every sample shall be no larger than the smallest presentation available for sale in the United Kingdom.

6.  Every sample shall be marked “free medical sample—not for resale” or shall bear a similar description.

7.  Every sample shall be accompanied by a copy of the summary of product characteristics (or, if there is no summary of product characteristics, a copy of the data sheet) for each such product.

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