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Online platform and the prohibition of sale of medicinal product not subject to medical prescription: the CJEU rules that a factual analysis of the role of the platform must be conducted
Published 23 September 2024 by Fabrice Perbost
Harlay Avocats, France
The Court of Justice of the European Union’s judgment of 29 February 2024 sheds light on the question of whether Member States may prohibit the activities of e-commerce platforms operating in the field of medicinal products not subject to medical prescription.
The case involved the www.doctipharma.fr website which was edited and operated by the French company Doctipharma SAS (“Doctipharma”). The website connected pharmacists with customers and allowed the latter to buy medicinal products not subject to compulsory medical prescription from pharmacies websites.
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