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The Medicines (Advertising Amendments) Regulations 2005

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Amendment of regulation 21 of the principal Regulations

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11.  In regulation 21 of the principal Regulations (inducements and hospitality), for paragraphs (2) and (3) substitute—

“(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not prevent any person offering hospitality (including the payment of travelling or accommodation expenses) at events for purely professional or scientific purposes to persons qualified to prescribe or supply relevant medicinal products, provided that—

(a)such hospitality is strictly limited to the main scientific objective of the event, and

(b)it is offered only to health professionals.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), no person shall offer hospitality (including the payment of travelling or accommodation expenses) at a meeting or event held for the promotion of relevant medicinal products unless—

(a)such hospitality is strictly limited to the main purpose of the meeting or event, and

(b)the person to whom it is offered is a health professional.”.

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