Compensation Claims Arising out of Distribution Agreements under Turkish Law
Introduction As a sui generis agreement under Turkish law, distribution agreement mainly contains the characteristics of a sales and purchase agreement; however, it also differs from the same since the distributor's role is not limited to simply purchasing the products from the supplier/principal and selling them to customers or end-users. Instead, in a distribution agreement, the distributor is incorporated into the distribution chain of the supplier with having the right… »
List of Compassionate Use Programs Has Been Published
Compassionate Use Programs are designed for patients who have a serious or urgent, life-threatening disease whose treatment has been unsuccessful with available medicinal products licensed by the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency (“Agency”) in Turkey and who cannot be included in the clinical trials on this subject. The Compassionate Use Program aims to provide the drug, which is not licensed in Turkey, but licensed or not in other countries, by the company that… »
Dealing With Social Media Influencers
Based on statistics of a global research Turkey is among the 15 countries with the longest time of both daily internet usage and social media usage. In 2021 there were 54 million social media users in Turkey; equal to 64 percent of the country's population. Influencer marketing through social media influencers has achieved giant growth in the advertising sector. Brands, including global and local ones, cooperate with social media influencers to advertising their brands… »
Advertising Bans on Social Network Providers in Turkey
The law amending the Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Internet Broadcasts and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts ("Internet Law") known as Social Media Law in Turkey and the implementing regulation introduced new provisions and obligations regarding social network providers and their obligations in the second half of 2020. As per the cited amendments "Social Network Provider" was legally defined as real or legal persons that enable users to create, view… »
Product List For Compassionate Use Programme Published
On 31 December 2020, the Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published the 2021 list of the products to be supplied through Compassionate Use Programme (Turkish language). In the published list, products are referred to by the sponsor firm, the firm that supplies the product, required diagnosis, active ingredient of the product and the maximum number of patients to whom the product can be delivered. The updated list can be followed from the website of the Agency. »
Renewal of EC Certificates After Brexit
On 15 January 2021, the Turkish Medicines and Medical Devices Agency published an announcement (Turkish language) on the deactivation of Product Tracking System registrations of notified bodies located in the UK following the end of the UK-EU transition period. The registrations were deactivated on the date of the publication of the announcement, although affected medical device companies will have a 60-day period to update the system with valid EC certificates (issued by the… »