Title I - PROVISIONS OF THE CODE
CHAPTER I - Promotion of Prescription-Only Medicines
9. SCIENTIFIC DEPARTMENT AND REVIEW OF PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL ON MEDICINES
9.1. Pharmaceutical companies must have a scientific department to compile and collate all information, whether received from their employees or any other source, related to the medicines which they market and inform about it.
9.2. The promotional material must not be disclosed without the final version, which has not undergone any subsequent modifications, being reviewed and controlled by the pharmaceutical company's scientific department.
The scientific department must guarantee that it has examined the final version of the material and that, in its opinion, it complies with applicable advertising rules and with this Code, that it is within the bounds of the marketing authorization and, in particular, of the information that appears on the summary of product characteristics or authorized prospectus, and that it is an honest and faithful presentation of the data of the medicine.