Seeking Information on Pending MA Applications Is Lawful According to Administrative Court
As per article 9 of the Regulation on Licencing, which regulates “Abridged Application”, if a pharmaceutical has been licenced before, it is not necessary to repeat the tests and research and the data of these tests doesn’t have to be submitted for licencing again, only referencing to the licence information of the pharmaceutical that is pre-licenced is sufficient. However, due to the obligation of the product which is subject to the reference application must be basically… »
Remote Provision of Healthcare Services in Turkey
Abstract: The Ministry of Health published the Regulation on Remote Provision of Healthcare Services regulating the telemedicine activities. The telemedicine is one of the areas that is not clearly regulated under Turkish law. Within the scope of existing legal framework, the Medical Deontology By-law and Ethical Principles for Physicians prohibit remote examination, diagnosis and treatment of patients. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the legal gap on telemedicine became a more… »
The Necessity to Convert the Additional Workplaces into Branches or Close Them Down
Before the Turkish Commercial Code numbered 6102 and dated 01.07.2012 (the “new TCC”) came into effect, the “additional workplace” practice was present, and accordingly, companies used to register their warehouses or offices, which are outside the headquarters, as additional workplaces before the trade registry. However, with the new TCC coming into effect, the “additional workplace” practice was replaced by the “branch” organization, and with the secondary legislation, a… »
Design Protection in Turkey
Country Specific Issues - Legal System (civil/common law)Law ReferencesIndustrial Property Code No. 6769 of December 22, 2016 (Industrial Property Code) Regulation on the Implementation of the Industrial Property Code No. 6769 (Implementing Regulation under Industrial Property Code)CommentaryTurkey has a civil law system. There used to be individual legislations (Decree Laws) for each intellectual property right and registered design rights were protected under the provisions… »
Guideline on Counterfeit, Smuggled or out of Legitimate Supply Chain Drugs Published
On 5 January 2022, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (Agency) announced on its website that a guideline on drugs that are counterfeit, smuggled or out of the legitimate supply chain has been published. The guideline aims to define the responsibilities of stakeholders in combatting drugs that are counterfeit, smuggled or out of the legitimate supply chain and to guide the procedures to be carried out accordingly. Notably, the guideline: States that regulated… »
Turkish Country - Code Domain Name System on the Eve of a New Era
• The long-awaited TRABIS System, which replaces the Nic TR system, will become effective in the near future• The most important change is that extensions such as ‘com.tr’, ‘org.tr’, ‘net.tr’ will be allocated on a ‘first come, first-served’ basis• A new dispute resolution mechanism is due to come into effect Since 1998 Nic TR, under the Middle East Technical University, has been authorised by ICANN to register and manage ‘.tr’ domain names. Recently, it has been announced… »