Advert - Gedeon Richter - AUTH/2575/2/13

For sending an uncertified meeting invitation and providing excessive hospitality at that meeting, and for issuing another meeting invitation which promoted an unlicensed medicine, Gedeon Richter was ruled in breach of the following clauses of the Code:

Clause 2 - Bringing discredit upon, and reducing confidence in, the pharmaceutical industry.

Clause 3.1 - Promoting a medicine prior to the grant of a marketing authorization.

Clause 9.1 - Failing to maintain high standards.

Clause 14.2 - Failing to certify promotional material before issue.

Clause 19.1 - Providing excessive hospitality.