28The Court went on to state, in paragraphs 25 and 26 of that judgment, that in order to ascertain whether imports of a medicinal product constitute parallel imports the competent authority in the Member State of importation must verify that the two medicinal products have a common origin and, if not identical in all respects, have at least been manufactured according to the same formulation, using the same active ingredient, and have the same therapeutic effect.
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