Advert - Tor Generics

• Date posted
  01 August 2017
• Sanction
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• Case number/s
  AUTH/2950/4/17 - Health professional v Tor Generics

For promoting Tor-bac (saline solution for injection) which was not yet licensed, but was expected to be classified as a prescription only medicine, in a magazine aimed at the public, Tor Generics was ruled in breach of the following clauses of the Code.

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

Clause 9.1 - Failing to maintain high standards.

The full case reports were published in the August 2017 Code of Practice Review and are available at www.pmcpa.org.uk.