The Medicines (Advertising) Regulations 1994

means an advertisement, other than a loose insert, which does not exceed in size an area of 420 square centimetres, in a publication sent or delivered wholly or mainly to persons qualified to prescribe or supply relevant medicinal products;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 92 of the Act, except that, in relation to a relevant medicinal product— and for the purposes of this paragraph, “representation” has the meaning assigned to it by section 92 of the Act, except that it does not include the making of a factual, informative statement or announcement which includes no product claim.

has the meaning it bears in Council Directive 92/28/EEC;

means essential information compatible— (a) with the summary of product characteristics, if there is one, or (b) if there is no summary of product characteristics, with the data sheet, and “essential information” has the meaning it bears in Council Directive 92/28/EEC;

means the making of a facsimile copy of a document by the transmission of electronic signals.

means a medicinal product of a description or falling within a class specified in any order made under section 58 of the Act;

means a medicinal product of a description or falling within a class specified in any order made under section 51(1) of the Act;

means a medicinal product which is neither a medicinal product for supply by prescription only nor a medicinal product on a general sale list;

has the meaning assigned to it in section201 of the Broadcasting Act 1990.

means a non-monetary gift made for a promotional purpose by a commercially interested party;

includes entries which are in the form of, and limited to, a brief description of a medicinal product, its uses and any relevant contra-indications and warnings, appearing without charge in a publication consisting wholly or mainly of such entries where the publication is sent or delivered to persons qualified to prescribe or supply relevant medicinal products by a person who is not a commercially interested party;

means a homoeopathic medicinal productto which Council Directive 92/73/EECapplies which is marketed in the United Kingdom under a certificate of registrationin accordance with the provisions of the Medicines (Homoeopathic Medicinal Products for Human Use) Regulations 1994;

means— (a) a medicinal product for human use to which Chapters II to V of the 1965 Directiveapply, (b) a substance or article for human use— (i) to which Chapters II to V of the 1965 Directive apply, and (ii) specified in an order made under section 104 or 105 of the Act or in regulations made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, which direct that Part VI or any section of that Part of the Act has effect in relation to such substance or article as that Part or section has effect in relation to medicinal products within the meaning of the Act, or (c) a registered homoeopathic medicinal product, but does not include a homoeopathic medicinal product in respect of which there is in force a product licence being a licence of right;

has the meaning assigned to it by section 92 of the Act, except that it does not include the making of a factual, informative statement or announcement which includes no product claim.

means the information required to accompany any application for a product licence by virtue of article 4a of the 1965 Directive which was inserted by article 1(2) of Council Directive 83/570/EECand amended by article 1(1) and (4) of Council Directive 89/341/EEC;

means the Medicines Act 1968;