This post was also written by Marina Cousté and François Jonquères.
Health care and cosmetic companies operating in France are subject to new transparency requirements, comparable to the U.S. “Sunshine Act,” that were adopted in December 2011. As discussed in a recent posting on Reed Smith’s Global Regulatory Enforcement Law Blog, in addition to imposing a general disclosure obligation on any company manufacturing or commercializing products with a medical or cosmetic purpose, the new law sets forth new pharmacovigilance requirements and provides more stringent rules concerning the advertisement of drugs and medical and diagnostics devices.